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...health not only persists; today, in the form of neo-Garveyism, it fascinates black men no less than it once hypnotized whites. Both fantasies become operative whenever the nation grows weary of the struggle toward the ideal of American democratic equality. Both would use the black man as a scapegoat to achieve a national catharsis, and both would, by way of curing the patient, destroy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: WHAT AMERICA WOULD BE LIKE WITHOUT BLACKS | 4/6/1970 | See Source »

...Harvard and Pusey, who were among the first this year, at least, to reject the Patriots, have had their confidence reaffirmed. And Sullivan, who blamed everybody but himself for the Patriots' woes, has a new scapegoat...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Powers of the Press | 3/25/1970 | See Source »

...medicine cabinet. Horse racing is a well- supervised and largely honest sport, but it does have it share of crooks. The betting public likes to imagine much more crimes than actually exist for the betting public is in error two- thirds of the time. It needs a scapegoat for its handicapping errors...

Author: By Jim Morgan, | Title: A Horse Is a Horse, Of Course, Of Course | 1/21/1970 | See Source »

...should not have reported statements by soldiers involved prior to a trial. Americans show considerable sympathy for Lieut. William Galley, the platoon leader charged with over 100 of the deaths at My Lai. By a margin of 55% to 23%, they believe that Calley is being made a scapegoat by the Government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Time-Louis Harris Poll: The War: New Support For Nixon | 1/12/1970 | See Source »

...seen combat is in fact much more likely than a civilian juror to understand the strain on the G.I.s at My Lai. Professor Paul Liacos of Boston University Law School believes that Galley's fellow officers may well resist pressures from above to make him a scapegoat. Moreover, says Lia-cos, such men are "usually sophisticated compared with most juries, and it is harder to sway them by emotionalism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: Can Calley Get a Fair Trial? | 12/26/1969 | See Source »

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