Word: authoritarianism
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...thing here. And Plummer- a scarily gifted actress with a waif's face and a voice that intones words as if she had learned them at Berlitz school on Mars- puts on an extraordinary show. Her co-stars are almost as riveting: Page, at once the fussy authoritarian and mischievouse child; Ashley, making her role more urgent by playing it post-Talllulah, with traffic-cop gestures and a sexy voice that can break in mid-syllable like a Fernando Valenzuela screwball. If Agnes of God just fails as an example of the playwright's craft, it shines...
...Yankee follower knows the "bad George," and Schaap describes a series of events that suggest that Steinbrenner's vengeful, authoritarian, and image-conscious side first took hold early on. He tells us how Steinbrenner lied to friends about his performance on his high school track team and observes that today's owner is fond of bragging that he sang in the Williams Glee Club with Stephen Sondheim--though the famed composer was never a member of the group...
More compelling is an argument that Sontag hints at, an argument actually developed is more detail by Jeane Kirkpatrick in her infamous Commentary article. In trying to differentiate between totalitarian (left-wing) and authoritarian (right-wing) dictatorships, Kirkpatrick said the later were more susceptible to change for the better, in part because they exercised less complete control over social and economic aspects of life. Jaruzelski's seeming success has robbed much of the wind from the sails of those who pointed to Solidarity and hooted at her hypothesis. If Sontag's repeated use of the term fascism has power...
SERVICE: HIID came into the spotlight two years ago when Harvard offered the institute directorship to Arnold C. Harberger, a University of Chicago economist. Harberger turned down the post after students protested his alleged ties to authoritarian right wing regimes in Latin America. HIID continued its work under the guidance of Dwight Perkins, a member of the Economics Department and has quietly become on of the must widely respected organizations in international Harvard...
Human rights violations in Nicaragua are difficult to confirm. Certainly the Sandinistas have demonstrated authoritarian impulses through several incidents of censorship and the persecution of opposition leaders. Yet three leading members of the right were recently released from prison, among other positive steps taken since the overthrow of Samoza...