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Charging invasion of privacy, the Hills sued LIFE'S corporate parent, Time Inc., under an old, tough New York State civil rights statute that requires the written consent of any living person when his name or picture is used "for the purposes of trade." Originally aimed at unscrupulous advertising, that law was a 1903 byproduct of the Warren-Brandeis article. To avoid conflict with the First Amendment, New York courts have construed it as permitting the press truthfully to portray anyone without his consent as long as he was involved in news of public interest. But that privilege rarely...
...mentally disturbed persons, and uncontrollable children, to cite a few examples, must be restrained lest they harm themselves and society.... It is the use of violence to which I object. Unlike the force employed by police, the violence employed by a state waging war is not used with the consent, or for the welfare, of those against whom it is directed; it does not distinguish between guilty and innocent, but devastates everything within range, destroying infants as well as adults, common people as well as leaders...
...which leaves Queen Elizabeth and her cousin in an embarrassing position. As temporal head of the Church of England, the Queen can hardly be expected to give her happy consent to the marriage of a divorced earl and a woman who is her self a divorcee. Happily, however, the question may not be put to her. There is another way out: the earl and his lady may marry without royal consent if he first informs the Privy Council of his intentions, then waits one year. Or the earl may follow the example of George III's own sons, marry...
...call new elections. It was Papandreou whom Stephanopoulos ultimately succeeded in 1965, after discovery of an abortive plot to infiltrate the military with leftists. Kanellopoulos supposedly agreed to press for an amnesty for the accused plotters (among them, Papandreou's son); in return, the popular, antimonarchist Papandreou would consent to hold off on elections, giving Kanellopoulos a chance to build his own popularity with voters...
...will not take the oath," he announces gravely to Thomas Cromwell (Leo Mc-Kern), the leader of the King's pack of political jackals. "I will not tell you why I will not." Cromwell: "This silence is denial!" More: "The maxim of the law is, 'Silence gives consent.' " Cromwell: "Is that what the world construes?" More: "The world must construe according to its wits. The court must construe according...