Word: wishfully
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...visit by the Royal Ballet leaves one with one wish -- that Boston could show itself a more gracious host...
...With Arab and Israeli armies massing in the Middle East for a confrontation that could be ignited by inadvertence, another set of American commitments may well be put to the test before long. Said Lyndon Johnson: "To the leaders of all the na tions of the Near East, I wish to say what three Presidents have said before: that the U.S. is firmly committed to the support of the political independence and territorial integrity of all the nations of the area." Added the Pres ident, in an obvious allusion to Viet Nam: "We have always opposed-and we oppose...
...death. Now the idea is that we live in a horrible and terrifying world, and the worst moments of horrible and terrifying lives are an allegory of the world." Speaking of some of Lowell's confessional imitators, she adds: "The tendency is to overdo the morbidity. You just wish they'd keep some of these things to themselves...
...scientific prestige, Rabi always shunned public attention. At Columbia, he was regarded as a witty, patient teacher deeply concerned with humanizing the austere and arcane formulas of science. Fittingly, his last class as one of Columbia's few University Professors, who have the freedom to teach whatever they wish, was on "The Philosophical and Social Implications of 20th Century Physics." His students, drawn from many disciplines, listened intently. "Science, unlike theology," Rabi argued, "questions its own bases all along. It is a developing thing and, of itself, is revolutionary. And, as such, it particularly fits our time." He noted...
...former -- which is why we call it a Fellowship. This does not mean that the Administration is indifferent to adequate financial support for Teaching Fellows, but it does mean that, at least up to now, we have aimed at "adequate" rather than the highest stipends. While we certainly wish our rates to be at least "average" from a nationwide point of view, your conclusion in Appendix 2, IV, is not to us a distressing one; and we have not, frankly, been disturbed by the fact that some neighboring institutions pay their Teaching Assistants more than we do. To be perfectly...