Word: deviationism
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A collection of books, papers and other objects connected with the early history of Harvard College is to be seen at present in the Treasure Room of Widener Library. The exhibition includes not only such documents as the College Charter and early descriptions of Harvard but also objects of interest...
Last month the Saturday Evening Post made a rare deviation from custom, published a small "agony" advertisement consisting of a young man's photograph and the simple text: "HORACE! Please write your Mother" (TIME, Feb. 2). The identity of Horace was held in strict confidence by the Post. Fortnight...
Probably the best known timepiece in the world is Big Ben, giant clock atop the Houses of Parliament. His Majesty's Astronomer Royal, Sir Frank Watson Dyson revealed in London last week that Big Ben was not only one of the most famed, but, for an old clock, one...
Genius. "Safe & Sane may also mean commonplace, unenterprising," said New York's Joseph Jastrow, speaking again. Few who lead significant lives are hopelessly sane. A genius is a deviate from the normal. In deviation there is hope, strength, unique value. Much of the most important work of the world has...
"In the first place the direct primary must be blamed. It is an outrageous form of government, a deviation from the representative form of government in which the U. S. was founded. The direct primary* was passed because of the influence of Theodore Roosevelt and Senators Borah and Johnson. Among...