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...view that their country should lead by good example-or as Hayne Davis, a writer on international affairs, put it in the Independent hi 1903, "simply to let her light so shine, by wise conduct of her own home affairs, that other nations may see her good works and adopt the political principle which has been her source of power." This passive, if naively arrogant belief was transformed into a crusading spirit by Woodrow Wilson's call that Americans must fight to make the world safe for democracy. Except for one serious interlude of isolationism, this view remained...
...successful characterization in this production relies neither on fancy footwork nor on a funny face. James E. Maxwell turns in a masterfully understated performance as Snorty McGee, a third bootlegger who masquerades as a butler and surveys the frantic goings-on with a mildly amused detachment, politely refusing to adopt anything resembling a servile manner. Calmly observing a violent quarrel between his newly wedded "master" and "mistress," he helpfully supplies the words to finish off the sentences they are sputtering and in the tense full that follows the outburst, says with infuriating matter of factness, "Well, I suppose...
...recent years the number has dropped to 18, as lawyers began to worry that they might indeed be subject to antitrust laws. The traditional theory was that antitrust regulation did not cover the "learned professions." If that were so, said Burger last week, "lawyers would be able to adopt anticompetitive practices with impunity." Conceding that some "forms of competition usual in the business world may be demoralizing to the ethical standards of a profession," Burger nonetheless held that where title searches and the like are concerned, "the exchange of such a service for money is 'commerce...
...Garrity's plan for magnet schools has eased some opposition to busing, although many teachers doubt that enough time remains to recruit students or adopt special programs. John Doherty, former president of the Boston Teachers Union, supports magnets but fears that "the magnetism won't be sufficient in September to bring kids into the magnet schools. They will [then] be assigned on an involuntary basis, and having a large portion of kids assigned to what are supposed to be magnet schools is a contradiction in terms." Boston still has fierce advocates of purely neighborhood schools. Says Elvira ("Pixie...
...when some neighborhood groups demanded that the library corporation split the complex in half, or take its business elsewhere, many of the corporation directors, tired of being pestered by the neighborhood gnats and pleased to see that some people were still clamoring to get the complex, became anxious to adopt the latter suggestion...