Word: quashed
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Dates: during 1951-1951
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Buckley bases his answers on the odd premise that Christianity and capitalism are, if not completely equal, at least inseparable. And like most young absolutists, he empties the baby with the bath. The only way to save Yale, says he, is to have the alumni rise up and quash the "hoax of academic freedom" once & for all. It is all very well for scholars to pursue their researches wherever their researches lead them; teachers have no such right. Says Buckley: "Assuming [that] the overseers of the university have embraced democracy, individualism and religion, the attitudes of the faculty ought...
...have accepted a gold cigarette case, a suit of clothes, unlimited hospitality, and a week's vacation at a seaside resort from one Sydney Stanley. In return, Belcher helped Stanley around the government, helped his friends get licenses for construction work on a resort hotel and helped quash prosecution of a Stanley client for alleged shady dealings in a gambling pool...