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...require acquittal." The court agreed with the protesters that "vigorous criticism" of the draft and the war, even if its effect is to interfere with the war effort, constitutes free speech and is protected by the First Amendment. However, the court also contended that when dissenters go past verbal criticism and be come parties to specific illegal acts, they then become liable to prosecution un der conspiracy laws...
...must keep order on our own campuses," he said, and went on to state that, if colleges failed to do so, other bodies, such as the Congress, would take on the task. Later, in his testimony before the Green subcommittee, Pusey engaged in what was perhaps a bit of verbal over-kill, saying that colleges administrators' "wills and resolves are strengthening," and that "the new barbarians will be repulsed...
...balance in the quality of his text. An objective inspection of the script indicates that he seems not to have had his heart in the Claudio-Hero plot he borrowed from elsewhere. His chief achievement in the play are precisely those things he had to invent himself: the witty verbal skirmishing between Beatrice and Benedick, and the portrait of bureaucratic officialdom represented by the malapropistic Dogberry and his sorry crew. (Shaw is about the only person who has denied the wit of the high comedy, perhaps because Beatrice and Benedick so closely resemble some of the most famous characters...
Subtle traces of this vivid posturing are still evident years later in adulthood. Like the angered child, grownups often turn an open palm toward those who happen to pose a verbal threat, although the gesture may be quite inconspicuous and unconscious. Women, for example, tend to make a rapid hand-to-neck movement when they are agitated, disguising it as a hair-grooming gesture. Men also exhibit similar signs of stress. Embarrassed by such a driving miscue as accidentally cutting off another motorist, they will frequently make a seemingly irrelevant sweep of their hair. Actually, the gesture represents a very...
Analytical Tool. The most immediate practical application of ethological research is in the area of mental health. When ordinary verbal communication is partially impaired or breaks down entirely, as in the case of autistic children and schizophrenic adults, knowledge of man's nonverbal language can be an extremely useful analytical tool. By reading such unconscious gestures as movements of the fingers and hand, the Birmingham scientists point out, the psychiatrist is in a position to discover important new clues to the patient's inner turmoil. Even when the patient seems to be able to communicate verbally, a doctor...