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...neutrality, explains Brinton, "is not a noble feeling, nor one with a sound basis in history. The spiritual crisis of our age has its roots in Western Europe at least as deeply as in the United States. But the war was fought there . . . and the reaction is normal." In deed neutralism is a normal response, and it is here that Brinton's ebullient optimism goes flat; the United States cannot bank on European gratitude or support when its popularity rating is barely a polite handclap...
...Harvard series of lectures on labor strife and civil liberties, in company with veteran Civil Libertarian Roger Baldwin. When Harry Truman seized the U.S. steel industry in 1952, Randall, although his company is only the eighth largest steel producer, was chosen as the industry's spokesman. "This evil deed," he said in a blistering radio-TV speech, "without precedent in American history, discharges a political debt to the C.I.O...
...murderers, their parents, and Tom Jefferson himself. Author Warren takes the part of commentator and uninvited amateur psychiatrist. Stripped of its turgid pretenses, Brother to Dragons asks two questions: 1) why did Lilburn do it? 2) how could Thomas Jefferson reconcile his own noble ideals with so dark a deed done by men of his own blood...
...felony to abet a suicide. But a California court had declared such a law unconstitutional. There is no California law against suicide itself. Asked Deputy District Attorney Ted C. Sten: "How can a person be guilty of a felony as the result of aiding and abetting a deed which is not contrary...
...with him, Pierre called his wife and daughter into conference. "We have to remove him," the old peasant announced. Out of a cupboard he took an old revolver. But the cartridges were duds. "Let's stab him in the belly," Pierre suggested. It was finally agreed that the deed should be done with a shotgun, and that Marie-Helene should take the blame-for, as Louise told her husband: "You are too busy with the harvest, and I have to look after the cows...