Word: standpoint
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...validity to the fact that the senator in question is most assertively anti-communist. Therefore, they reason, he is right, and they seem to evade any ethical or moral judgment, as irrelevant to the asumption that he is essentially good. The latter, meanwhile, attacks him from the opposite standpoint: from claims that the senator violates the 5th amendment, its damnation extends to the point of accusations of violation of the entire Bill of Rights. This, in a nutshell, is the opinion of the Harvard CRIMSON; although succeeding as an instrument of influence, it fails well as an instrument of Harvard...
This drive was the high point of the game--from a competitive standpoint. It was sparked by guard Stanley Weiss, who scored five of his eight points in the last six minutes of the half, and forward Jim Houston, who added three...
...only too happy about the strike. "Thanks for your kind offer of a column outlet. The football season has ended. The basketball season has hardly started. The baseball season has yet to begin. IT jes' looks as though there ain't nuthin' doing nowhere, nohow. From a column-writing standpoint, this strike is perfect. I've just finished hanging on my door a sign, 'Do not disturb'. I aim to catch up on my sleep. No runs, no hits, no errors...
...million during September to a record $78.7 billion, in spite of the efforts of retailers to trim their stocks. There were also scattered production cuts, and layoffs, and some price cuts to relieve overstocking in gasoline, shoes, television sets, automatic washers and refined sugar. But from the standpoint of the whole economy, such cutbacks were not large...
Dean Godolphin says that in the interest of promoting class spirit the Dean's Office is willing to make some concessions. Not only from a social standpoint is unity desirable, however. "Molding the class is partly to aid in the good, old tough job of fund raising," Godolphin says...