Word: worship
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...overspecialization, which "focuses on details and never comes to grips with real issues"; 3) the idea that "education is primarily concerned with the communication of knowledge, whereas it is actually the communication of intellectual power"; 4) the worship of facts: "Pursuit of the truth is undoubtedly the highest function of the university, but that is not synonymous with scientific research...
...babies, she came for long visits to help around the house. Soon she was there to stay, slavishly waiting upon and subtly corrupting her brother-in-law. Still prim & proper, she cast her body before him, and while David did not succumb, he was vain enough to enjoy her worship. By hints he urged her not to marry, and she was delighted to obey...
...Latino individualist seems ever ready to fight, or at least duel, for his sacred personal rights, the record shows that he also goes in heavily for hero worship. Since Bolívar's day, Latin Americans have tended to follow men rather than parties or principles. They call themselves Peronistas, Arnulfistas (in Panama), Ibañistas (in Chile). Most of their caudillos, their strong men, have come from the army. Currently, military men preside over eleven Latino governments. Instead of confining themselves to the job of defending their country, Latin American militarists are entrenched as "the only well-organized...
...vain that one protests that 'prevent us in all our doings' might become 'precede us,'" complained Vicar J. B. Phillips. "The argument seems to be that, if people want to join in the church's worship, then they must learn the church's language. This . . . does nothing to bridge the gap between church and people...
...ideal church music," says Davison, "should never be a distracting end in itself, but should exist to heighten the significance of the texts to which it is set and to be an ally of the attitude of worship...