Word: dissenter
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...surprise of all who heard (and against the violent dissent of the Russian member of the four-man tribunal) three Nazi bigwigs were acquitted...
Some concern was expressed for the leftist complexion such an organization might assume, but only one vote was ultimately registered in dissent. The Council will meet again Thursday for a final deciding vote on the proposal, and President Thomas L. P. O'Donnell '47 declared it was "not unlikely" that the consensus of last night's gathering would be followed...
...Teaching] should at teast not be an obstruction to learning," says Professor Hook. "What the educational system of America needs is at least a million good teachers." Hook's good teacher is a dedicated person, teaching method rather than content, and encouraging critical dissent. Classes, he thinks, should be taught by discussion rather than lecture, and limited to 20 students. Hook admits that his ideas would make education expensive to the community, but adds: "It should be. Is there anything more worthy of spending our money...
...three weeks of recess, this was a decision day. Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone, impressive as always, leaned forward, nodded to Associate Justice Wiley B. Rutledge. Justice Rutledge read the Court's majority opinion-a routine case. The Chief Justice, his solid face impassive, swiftly read a brief dissent...
...dissent ended, the Chief Justice leaned back. Another opinion was read. Then his colleagues suddenly looked his way. Those at his sides spoke to him. Harlan Stone spoke, and his voice carried to the first few rows of the high-ceilinged chamber: "The case should be stayed...