Word: rightness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...power to refuse a group existence because the Council dislikes it, certain Council members have gone too far. Though they seek to portray themselves as democrats because they now would use this power against entrenched privilege as represented by the club system, they must realize that when the right of free association is so seriously curtailed, democracy is not being furthered but instead subverted...
Kirkland and Eliot ended yesterday in a tie for second in the House softball league, Kirkland losing to Lowell, 12 to 3, and Eliot crushing Adams, 5 to 2. Kirkland and Eliot will contend tomorrow for the right to tie Winthrop for the championship...
Another switch may see Chuck Roche in right field instead of Herb Neal, who is slowing down at the plate after a flashy start. Ed Foynes will remain in left field in place of John Caulfield as long as he keeps hitting the way he has since breaking into the lineup...
...psychiatry, or both. The sole flaw in the book is Dr. Wertham's habit of self-congratulation. His own treatments and diagnoses are always correct, those of his colleagues are usually wrong or incompetent, and if the judge had listened to him everything would have turned out all right. The reader is left with the picture of the author battling alone against the forces of stupidity, as represented by judicial and medical quacks. This is purely a personal flaw, though; Dr. Wertham's style is fresh and very un-medical...
...Council debated for over half an hour on whether it had the right to reject the charter of a proposed organization because it might show Council approval of the club system, or because it might be setting a precedent for the formation of a whole new rush of final clubs...