Word: winning
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Pompidou's?not the general's?prestige would be staked. "If you lose the referendum, Mon Général, the regime is lost," said Pompidou. "If I lose the elections, I will be the only one to lose them." Reportedly, a suspicious De Gaulle replied: "And what if you win...
Pompidou did win, in a brilliantly organized campaign. He, of course, got the credit and De Gaulle answered his own question nine days later in what seemed to be one of the most astonishing displays of ingratitude of his career: he dismissed his longtime friend as Premier. True to form, Pompidou seemed less disturbed by the news than anyone else; he simply removed his favorite modern oil paintings from Matignon, set up an office on the Left Bank and waited for life to come to him. Or seemed to wait. Actually, he made a point of keeping in close touch...
Politics aside (if that is possible), Robert Hutchins defines an intellectual as "a person who lives by his wits, whose first object is to educate himself. You can win a Nobel prize and still not be an intellectual." Historian Richard Hofstadter describes the intellectual as a man who lives for ideas, while the professional man lives off ideas. Another historian, Christopher Lasch, calls him "a person for whom thinking fulfills at once the function of work and play." Clearly, an intellectual's mind is not restricted to one discipline, but ranges widely in many areas, seeking larger patterns...
Second place Cornell remains undefeated after three contests. Since they are a 1/2 game behind the pace of league-leading Dartmouth, the Big Red obviously will enter the game knowing they must win if they hope to stay close to the Indians...
...situation tomorrow will be almost identical to last year's. A year ago, the Crimson had just upset league-leader Princeton, 10-9, for its first win over the Tigers in 43 years. Harvard grabbed a quick 2-0 lead against the Indians, but then sat back as Dartmouth went ahead, 4-3, by halftime...