Word: wickedness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Thayer notes in his history that "transgressions of arbitrary academic or theological requirements are punished more severely than misbehavior which indicates real moral defects: . . . 'neglecting analysing' is twice as wicked as lying; absence for recitation is as blameworthy as drunkenness . . . ."
Child's Play. The little-girl dancers, their childish bodies sheathed in golden cloth, moved slowly about the stage, hips back, knees bent and slightly parted, darting their slant eyes, their arms and fingers flowing through a cascade of graceful and sophisticated gestures, all with a slight smile of...
I attended that occasion. I met Rinehart for the first time in 36 years. We spent much of the time together, for we were the only ones in sight from Table 6. We went together to a little impromptus dinner of the Class of 1990. There several stories were told...
To this the big U.S. oil companies, which own the lion's share of Venezuelan concessions, had said a fervent amen. They had warned the U.S. that unless the tariff was removed or sharply cut, Venezuela might drive the U.S. companies out. Ironically, the President found himself agreeing with...
Like many a much-touted peep show, the document proved to be something less than advertised. Candidate Sparkman played it for all it was worth. He had his own Small Business Committee's name put on the report (which it had done nothing to prepare), wrote his own introduction...