Word: upon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...size of the grant has not yet been decided and will depend upon how large a staff Conant thinks necessary. When contacted yesterday Conant thought that the staff would be "small...
...Krishnamurti's conclusions originate from his insistence upon the necessity of tranquility for self-knowledge. This state implies the absence of escapes, what the author calls "veils over reality." Politics is one such veil. A mere play of causes and effects, says Krishnamurti, politics is absorbed in externalities which hide the truth from man, that truth which is beyond cause and effect. Worry is also a veil, because it occupies people's minds, spares them from discovering themselves. Also, claims the author, "one can truly communicate only when there is aloneness. Aloneness is the purgation of all motives...
...aristocratic"), she refused to talk about Kandinsky. A brittle octogenarian with startlingly candid eyes and a gentle face, Gabriele still lives in the Russenhaus. The wooden staircase was decorated long ago by the man whose pictures she refuses to look at, and every time she passes, her eyes fall upon his jolly yellow and violet riders galloping gaily among the stylized flowers...
Straight Life Insurance, the industry's traditional bread-and-butter policy, which provides a lump-sum payment to a policyholder's beneficiaries upon his death-and at a relatively low premium. Another feature is that policyholders can stop paying premiums whenever they choose, get the equity they have put into the policy in cash, or take a reduced paid-up policy. A young man of 23, for example, can buy a $10,000 straight-life policy at a premium cost of about $180 annually. His beneficiaries would get $10,000 when he dies; if he wants to stop...
Annuity, a less expensive savings policy, which differs from an endowment in that it provides income for the policyholder after a certain age but upon his death only pays back the policyholder's own equity. Annuities are best for people who are already covered by standard life insurance but want a steady income in their old age. An annuity providing $100 a month at the age of 65 would cost $350 a year for a man starting out at 30, while a woman would have to pay $400 annually for the same income...