Word: transcendence
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...paucity of thought and craftsmanship which mark the novels of Beatland (On The Road is the bible of this pagan country) betray the trivial superstructure which American beats have errected upon a set of basic and simple propositions about the society they reject and the values they seek to transcend. In short, the beat generation is a barren subject-matter, and the more one has to say about it, the more one becomes repetitious, boring, and obnoxious...
...basic premise of the commonwealth relationship is that Puerto Rico governs itself, while turning over all functions that transcend its boundaries, such as defense and foreign relations, to the U.S. The island and the mainland share common citizenship, common money, free movements of persons and goods. Residents of Puerto Rico are subject to some U.S. laws, e.g., the draft, exempt from others, e.g., social security...
Judicial decisions should be based on "neutral principles of law which transcend the immediate result involved in the case at hand," Herbert Wechsler, professor of Law at Columbia University, declared last night. Discussing "Towards Neutral Principles of Constitutional Law," Wechsler delivered the annual Oliver Wendell Holmes Lecture last night in Austin Hall...
Rather, it was necessary not to remain trapped in the banal concepts of space and time, nor yield to the morbidity of the objective position, nor yet to permit one's courage to be seduced by authoritarian devices for social control. It was imperative to transcend the seductions and qualities of materiel and its concomitant ethic. As for myself, I considered it necessary to evolve an instrument to aid in cutting through all such opiates, past and present, so that a direct, immediate, and truly free and human commitment could be achieved, and a responsible statement be made visible...
...this emphasis on individual work and achievement makes the scholar peculiarly fitted to act as social elevator boy in modern society. Parents who seeks paths by which their children can transcend the increasingly rigid stratification of American society have discovered that education is practically the only road to the top. Only in the schools can the youngster learn to prefer competition and success to complacency and group approval. And only by succeeding in school can he convince the marketplace that he has the talents it demands. Indeed, the symbolic degree has become so important that even those born...