Word: possession
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...name comes from the Bible: "And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, 'Thou art our sister; be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them...
...hear seven eminent Americans re-iterate the need for world-wide peace and safety, through the discontinuation of nuclear testing. They were handed buttons and stickers saying, "Prevent Nuclear War;" they were asked to contribute money for a building for Boston SANE head-quarters; they were told that we possess the means for our own destruction, and that we must do something about the world situation (write to our congressmen, etc.) before it is too late; they were entertained by a comedian and two folk-singers; they were congratulated for showing enough interest in world peace to attend the rally...
Inevitable Comparisons. There is bland acceptance of the fact that much that is now truly and distinctively British was originally borrowed from abroad-largely from France and the U.S. The most prized national characteristic, it was argued, is the universal belief among Britons that they possess a superb sense of humor. British writers, in fact, use humor to put across "a social message which might otherwise seem either boring or too plainly parsonical." Comparisons, odious though they may be, were inevitable. Where "an American novelist wishing to criticize advertising, does so headon, with moralistic violence," says the Times, a Briton...
...Holden Caulfield would have understood, Clint Williams ponders suicide. "Of course, if I end up in some lousy place like Hell," he reflects in his diary, "it would be a miserable mistake. The thing I am gambling on is that after death people become automatically ghosts, and possess thereby complete freedom of movement. ADVANTAGES: I could follow Berry-berry around from place to place...
...your June 20 story about Archbishop Ritter's declaring that no Roman Catholic student may attend a non-Catholic institution unless written permission is obtained from the archdiocese: to this I say hogwash ! To imply that Catholic educational institutions alone possess and dispense truth is tantamount to admitting "fear of truth...