Word: wither
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Most of his intellectual powers must go toward the discipline of accepting his dull, dank existence without questioning, without wondering, without upsetting the influence of ambition. To live, one's ambition must die." The "wretched tasks" and discrimination of the "pre-automation" age are, according to Asbell, destined to wither away with the help of the state and a concerned public...
...distribution scheme was an "atrophy factor." Gen Ed, he said, has always "been a requirement in a dual sense": students must take it, but the Faculty is also obligated to give Gen Ed courses. "Without a requirement for Gen Ed courses per se, some much-needed offerings might wither away." If professors could satisfy their Gen Ed "requirement" by teaching introductory courses, very few would venture outside their department, Monro suggested...
...first plateau I saw before me a wondrous space and some of those marvelous people at whom I dared not look too long for fear their Hollness should wither me. At the second plateau I sow glass doors right and left, and the beautiful holy music of Silence so overwhelmed me by its delight that I swooned. With the return of my mind that was shut off, I found myself at the third plateau. My Classmate, who was accompanying me and encouraging me with every footstep, whispered to me that First Class Citizens came in at this level to proceed...
...your limbs never wither...
...disappearing. A few years ago we were concerned about the Ugly American;* today we must act to prevent an Ugly America. For once our natural splendor is destroyed, it can never be recaptured. Once man can no longer walk with beauty or wonder at nature, his spirit will wither and his sustenance be wasted...