Word: viewpoints
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...President began, "I was one of 164 cadets who. through four West Point years, had eagerly looked forward-just as you of this class have done-to the moment of graduation. Actually, we thought of it as liberation, but 40 busy years have somewhat changed that youthful viewpoint . . . None of us could have realized that the world in which our fathers and we had lived was, at that moment, disappearing...
...position that "the schools should not punish, now that society no longer does." The outraged Bible teacher appealed to the school board, which simply referred him to the official handbook on sex education in public schools-"Established sex relations between youngsters may not be contrary to the general viewpoint in their circles . . ." -and upheld the principal...
...might create and govern the universe in any way He chose, Galileo was to put forth no proposition which "necessitated" God to operate in any one fixed way. Galileo abided by the Pope's injunctions, but committed the tactical affront of putting Urban VIII's words and viewpoint in the mouth of the simplest-minded character in the Dialogue, a doctrinaire Aristotelian named Simplicio. The powerful Jesuit faction, which advised the Pope, had no trouble convincing him that he had been made a fool of and that Galileo's views were "potentially more disastrous than Luther...
...visitor's sense of humor. Do daily siestas contribute to Italy's over population? "The question is very pertinent," said Scelba, smiling slightly. "But the siesta is devoted to rest and not to work." The newsmen roared. Then came another: Did Actress Gina Lollobrigida express the official viewpoint in stating that married women have more sex appeal? "The Italian government," said Scelba dryly, "is favorable to marriage...
...Senator's remarks set off a whirl in Washington. California's Republican Senator William Knowland, always suspicious of any overtures to the Communists, promptly asked President Eisenhower his views. Afterward, on the front steps of the White House, he announced that the George suggestion is "not the viewpoint of the Government at the present time." While reporters were absorbing Know-land's statement, a State Department spokesman said that George's proposal was "in harmony with the position taken by the Department of State." Meanwhile, a White House Secretary asserted that there was "no inconsistency...