Word: words
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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There are many reasons for being on the cover of TIME, but, in essence, they all come down to one word -NEWS. Last week's cover on Commerce Secretary Lewis Strauss came in the midst of the noisily newsy controversy over his confirmation. The story was eagerly awaited in Washington - partly for the effect it could have on the Senate vote. That vote has not yet been taken, but the story's principals - Secretary Strauss and New Mexico's Senator Clinton Anderson - agree, from their widely differing points of view, the story was fair, and squared with...
...struck by lightning-Erhard threatened to resign from the Cabinet and denounced some "current lies." For one thing, he said, "I will fight the historical lie that I am less reliable and less competent than Dr. Adenauer in conducting international affairs. I can tell you that the last word has not been spoken in this matter...
...modern Calvinism the stringencies of his teaching have been much modified -notably his doctrine of election, the role of civil authority as protector of the church, and the word-splitting intolerance of other Protestant doctrines. Today the churches of the Calvinist tradition are newly sensitive to the need for a united Protestantism. In an "Address to our Fellow Christians after 400 Years." 31 Calvinist leaders in Europe, Asia. Africa and the U.S. last week called for a new unity among the churches...
...easy to leave the world, Santayana wrote, once we know what it is. If Santayana was suggesting a satiety of the mind, André Gide, in his 81st year, was more keenly aware of a flagging of the senses. He had discovered a word from the Greek for it, anorexia (lack of appetite), but he added: "I find it hard to console myself for not knowing Greek...
...that today many seek their way gropingly and don't know in whom to trust. To them I say: believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it; doubt everything, but don't doubt of yourself. There is more light in Christ's words than in any other human word. This is not enough, it seems, to be a Christian: in addition, one must believe. Well, I do not believe. Having said this, I am your brother...