Word: authoritarianism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...only a deputy to Papal Secretary of State Jean Villot, he functions as a kind of chief of staff to Pope Paul, overseeing and coordinating the activities of the entire Vatican bureaucracy, except in the area of diplomatic relations. Nicknamed "the Berlin Wall," he has the reputation of being authoritarian in administrative matters and an alarmist. Archbishop Benelli, conceded Hebblethwaite, was not personally wicked or corrupt but his chosen style of operation was "opaque and impenetrable...
...after a dispute with authoritarian Manager John McGraw, Frisch was traded to the Cardinals for another Hall of Fame second baseman, Rogers Hornsby. St. Louis fans were dismayed, but only temporarily. The Cardinals won pennants in 1928, 1930 and 1931, and Frisch again figured prominently in the triumphs. Then, as a playing manager, he oversaw the antics of the rambunctious Cardinal Gas House Gang. Frisch continued to play until 1937. In one game that year, Fellow Cardinal Terry Moore nearly overtook him as both men sprinted around the bases. "When they start to climb up the back...
There are more blacks admitted to Harvard than before, more hired on faculty and in administration, and black leverage in curriculum, insofar as the Afro-American Studies Department represents such leverage. But these gains have not been without their hitches. The authoritarian dimensions of black separatism at Harvard has produced widespread academic malaise among Negro students. The source of this malaise is the deep-seated emotional ambivalence and instability that black solidarity behavior creates among Negro students in regard to their place at Harvard. To whom do they owe basic loyalty? The demands of black-solidarity forces, or the academic...
...that helps parents recapture children who have taken up with exotic religious sects. Patrick, a church-going Methodist, began heretic hunting as a leader in the FREE COG (Free Our Children from the Children of God) movement, a parents' vigilante group organized to reclaim offspring who joined that authoritarian fundamentalist sect (TIME, Jan. 24, 1972). Now Pat rick claims to have an underground network of deprogrammers throughout the U.S. They have recovered, he says, some 600 youths from 61 different fundamentalist, pentecostal or Oriental religious sects during the past two years. "Team members" of the underground network say that...
There are a number of reasons for the French voters' apparent disenchantment with Gaullism. Many seem to be weary of Pompidou's arrogant exercise of presidential power. French Political Analyst Raymond Aron, a conservative, refers to Pompidou's style as "haughty, verging on the authoritarian." The low profiles presented by Mitterrand and Marchais may offer a welcome contrast. Moreover, a series of scandals involving Gaullist politicians has diminished the standing of Pompidou's party...