"To the majority of the liberal faculty, he was a patrician pighead," adding, "His face was an institution itself — handsome, monumental and implacable."
His admirers described him differently, of course. Fred Glimp, a Montana native who went to Harvard on the G.I. Bill and became dean of Harvard College in the late 1960's, recalled: "He had this great Olympian equanimity, which came across to some people as if he didn't care, which certainly wasn't true. But it would really annoy his critics."
In the early 2000s, as the uprising known as the second intifada instilled fear in Israelis through a series of suicide bombings, Kenneth Marcus, then an official in the U.S. Department of Education, watched with unease as pro-Palestinian protests shook college campuses.
“We were seeing, internationally, a transformation of anti-Israel animus into something that looked like possibly a new form of antisemitism,” Mr. Marcus recalled in an interview, adding that U.S. universities were at the forefront of that resurgence.
"No doubt you are right, my best of friends, there would be far less suffering amongst mankind, if men—and God knows why they are so fashioned—did not employ their imaginations so assiduously in recalling the memory of past sorrow, instead of bearing their present lot with equanimity."
--from "The Sorrows of Young Werther" (1774) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
In producing the first comprehensive narrative history of what will surely remain one of the most controversial presidential administrations in U.S. history, Baker has done yeoman’s service. All subsequent writers dealing with the subject will find his book indispensable.
Well是"深入"的意思。典出Wonderland第7章的語言遊戲: in the well/well in.
https://www.cs.indiana.edu/metastuff/wonder/ch7.html
Alice looked all round the table, but there was nothing on it but tea. ... `You might just as well say that "I see what I eat" is the same thing as "I eat what I see"!'.
www.victorianweb.org/authors/carroll/beckman.html
Mar 19, 2010 - When Alice finds herself lost in a strange world of stature-altering consumables and hookah-smoking caterpillars, the foreignness of the place ...
NOUN
[MASS NOUN]
Calmness and composure, especially in a difficult situation:she accepted both the good and the bad with equanimity
Origin
Early 17th century (also in the sense 'fairness, impartiality'): from Latin aequanimitas, from aequus 'equal' + animus 'mind'.
yeoman service
Pronunciation: /ˌjəʊmən ˈsəːvɪs/
Efficient or useful help in need:the minister has performed yeoman service for Mulroney
ADVERB (better, best)
1.1In a way that is appropriate to the facts or circumstances:you did well to come and tell me[AS SUBMODIFIER, IN COMBINATION]: a well-timed exit
1.3In a kind way:the animals will remain loyal to humans if treated well
2.2Intimately; closely:he knew my father very well
2.3[AS SUBMODIFIER] British informal Very; extremely:he was well out of order
3.2With good reason:‘What are we doing here?’ ‘You may well ask.’
ADJECTIVE (better, best)
[PREDICATIVE]
1In good health; free or recovered from illness:I don’t feel very wellit would be some time before Sarah was completely well[ATTRIBUTIVE]: informal I am not a well man
1.1In a satisfactory state or position:I do hope all is well with you and your family
EXCLAMATION
1Used to express a range of emotions including surprise, anger, resignation, or relief:Well, really! The manners of some people!
1.1Used when pausing to consider one’s next words, to mark the resumption or end of a conversation, etc.well, I suppose I could fit you in at 3.45well, cheers, Tom—I must fly
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