Word: thou
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...with Faustus getting his doctorate in divinity. All his friends cheering--and then comes the sinister part. Two nefarious characters have set up a little magic booth on the side of the street. They mutter--very ominously--"Settle thy studies, Faustus, and begin to sound the depth of that thou wilt profess...
...dozens of esoteric devices, ranging from a portable medical ventilator (replacing the old iron lung) to a child's styrene-and-aluminum balance scale. Royal's stylishly minimal duplicator, Honeywell's computer console and Pitney-Bowes's addresser-printer are a visible reminder that thou sands of offices already boast such good-looking equipment...
...race, or some other way instead of merit." Albert Shanker,*president of New York's United Federation of Teachers, con tends that it would create "chaos" through conflict between districts and confusion in contract negotiations; if the plan is approved, he predicts that teacher unrest would lead to "thou sands" of resignations. Most Puerto Rican and Negro civil rights organiza tions, however, strongly endorse the Bundy proposal in the hope that local control of schools will lead to better education for their children - and they now give such improvement a much higher priority than enforced integration by bussing pupils...
...Thou shalt not kill, but needst not strive Officiously to keep alive...
...Thou shalt not kill...