Word: authoritarianism
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Father was indeed a formidable man, the redoubtable Dr. Milton C. Winternitz, dean of the Yale Medical School, spectacularly dynamic and articulate, and full of the authoritarian traditions of his profession. In short, a character to delight Cheever's heart. To Mary's faint astonishment, John immediately became a member of the family from which she herself had fled...
...United States has a long history of supporting authoritarian and reactionary regimes in Latin America. When Kennedy came to office, many hoped that the pattern had been broken. There seemed at last to be clear vision in Washington that the interests of the United States lay with the aspirations of the oppressed peoples of Latin America rather than with the fleeting military and financial advantages to be gained by supporting petty tyrants...
Expressing distaste for dictators, on the other hand, encourages the liberal oppostion behind the authoritarian regimes. Whatever its defects, the United States remains for most Latin Americans the leading example of functioning democracy. To see Washington supporting repressive regimes undermines their faith in the workability of democratic ideals and open societies. Furthermore, acceptance of military take-over in one country stimulates reactionary groups in others. While suspension of recognition and aid may not succeed in overthrowing a specific despotic government, the threat of these steps nevertheless constitute an effective deterrent to those who would seize power elsewhere...
...surrebuttal, Belli summoned from Chicago Dr. Frederic A. Gibbs, a pioneer in electroencephalography. After a midnight flight to Dallas, Gibbs took the stand, said in precise and authoritarian manner: "I determined that Jack Ruby had a particular, very rare type of epilepsy, a type that afflicts .5% of epilepsy cases, a very distinctive epileptic pattern...
Lackluster Speaker? Under Charles de Gaulle's stern and authoritarian rule, many Frenchmen have felt politically stifled. True, he has not proved to be the harsh dictator many critics predicted five years ago. But Frenchmen ache for a return to the clashing opinions of democratic rule-without the factional excesses of the past. Defferre, whom some think a lackluster speaker with little chance of success, represents the wistful inner hope for an end to political monologue and the beginning of dialogue in French politics...