Word: authoritarianism
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John F. Kennedy and K. LeMoyne ("Lem") Billings became best friends in the early 1930s at the Choate School, an elitist institution then run on authoritarian lines. Both boys were rebels. Born underdogs they had been "almost the runts" of their respective litters. Jack was chronically ill; Lem had grown up "scrawny" and "practically blind." Neither boy was a match for his older brother. As Kennedy's nephew Robert F. Kennedy Jr. puts it, "When Lem and Jack got together, it was almost as if they were thumbing their noses at the world...
...preserving key rights for the Turkish people [April 11]. Before the coup, the country was on the brink of collapse. Now, 2½ years later, the economy is prospering and the people have confidence in the government. Evren's regime is a compromise between Western-style democracy and authoritarian rule, and is well suited to a developing country with shallow democratic roots, like Turkey. Under Evren, Turkey continues to be a dependable ally...
Morton J. Horwitz 62. Warren Professor of American Legal History, spoke and gave the demonstration his approval to which the students responded by chanting. "Make him dean." Grading classroom participation, Horwitz said, "reflects an authoritarian and repressive view of the educational process...
Morton J. Horwitz 62. Warren Professor of American Legal History, spoke and gave the demonstration his approval to which the students responded by chanting. "Make him dean." Grading classroom participation, Horwitz said, "reflects an authoritarian and repressive view of the educational process...
...WHILE Cardenal's arguments raise serious questions about the viability of the Sandinista regime, counterrevolution is not necessary--yet. Overthrowing the Sandinistas must be seen as a policy of last resort, to be contemplated only after all other means of change have been attempted. For despite the authoritarian nature of the regime, it is a ten-fold improvement over Somoza and Co.: great strides have been made in education and literacy and torture is no longer a fact of life...