Word: wonder
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...wonder if all the stress on sex might not spell ruin to the Republic. History has demonstrated quite clearly that civilization and empires are destroyed, or at least weakened, by sexual depravity, especially among the "elite...
...wonder if L.B.J.'s economy drive will proportionately affect some of the 43 military installations throughout Texas...
...Wonder of Zero. Math is the study of patterns; numerals symbolize real things-the size of collections, the length of lines, the position of points. New math thus begins on the concrete level and only later moves to the abstract. Math is also a unified system; new math thus shows the interrelation of all branches, such as algebra and geometry, rather than teaching them as separate topics. The stress is on "discovery"-the artful question that sparks a child's desire to see patterns and find answers. The idea is to get children inside the structure of numbers...
...With the evidence of the Balboa (Panama Canal Zone) High School flag "razing," I wonder how anyone in the U.S. can now seriously favor giving 18-year-olds the vote...
...many years I shared in that individualistic revolt. I do not regret it; it is the function of youth to defend liberty and innovation, of the old to defend order and tradition, and of middle age to find a middle way. But now that I too am old, I wonder whether the battle I fought was not too completely won. Let us say humbly but publicly that we resent corruption in politics, dishonesty in business, faithlessness in marriage, pornography in literature, coarseness in language, chaos in music, meaninglessness...