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Word: referring (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Always refer to Derek Bok as "The Turk...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Fresh Man to Freshman | 9/19/1978 | See Source »

This means that the mistake must be at the root, at the very basis of human thinking in the past centuries. I refer to the prevailing Western view of the world which was first born during the Renaissance and found its political expression from the period of the Enlightenment. It became the basis for government and social science and could be defined as rationalistic humanism or humanistic authonomy: the proclaimed and enforced autonomy of man from any higher froce above him. It could also be called anthropocentricity, with man seen as the center of everything that exists...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'A World Split Apart' | 9/11/1978 | See Source »

...finest right-handed pitcher ever to play for the Crimson. They'd laugh at his running ability if he tried to operate the Wishbone offense at Oklahoma. They wouldn't laugh at his quick sophisticated humor in Tuscaloosa. He's articulate, open-minded, zany, and dedicated without having to refer every five seconds to "his Maker." Larry Brown is the Harvard athlete...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Here's Looking at Ya, Brownie | 9/11/1978 | See Source »

...over the last decade on one hand and still have fingers left, but regardless, football reigns supreme at Harvard. The only real arena is Harvard Stadium and the only real gladiators are the starting football players. The best proof of this was last spring, when opposing baseball teams would refer to Brown as "the quarterback," when he had been one of the better pitchers in the Ivies for two years...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Here's Looking at Ya, Brownie | 9/11/1978 | See Source »

...muster to smooth over the sharp and often irritating personal differences of his two visitors. Sadat is an emotional and visionary leader who at times sounds so mystical that Israelis snidely refer to him as sitting upon "his pharaonic throne." Preferring to deal in broad strokes and principles, Sadat quickly tires of the legalistic details that are often essential to translate a belief into a program. The Israeli Premier is no less visionary, but he is also a product of the Talmudic tradition. He almost seems to revel in analytical disputations about minutiae...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Meeting At Camp David | 9/11/1978 | See Source »

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