Word: authoritarianism
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...class warfare of musician and conductor is as old as ego. But to Szell, the whole scrap is an empty one. "We are all in the service of music," he says, "and we must approach it with all the good will possible." Because he is the most authoritarian man now conducting, this means play it his way, or else...
...that student government by itself decides great things, but that students participate in vital College decisions," she said. Mrs. Bunting declared that RGA has created a "less authoritarian atmosphere than is possible at Harvard...
...quiet, off-camera discussions. In U.N. speeches, Stevenson's eloquence has been an effective weapon. A year ago, he gave perhaps the most cogent speech to date, explaining why the U.S. opposes the seating of a Red China regime that behaves "in a fashion recalling the early authoritarian emperors of China.'' During the Angola and Goa debates, Stevenson made clear U.S. opposition to colonialism and aggression, reminded delegates that the Communist world is "the largest colonial empire which has ever existed in all history, the only imperial system which is not liquidating itself but is still trying...
Speaking to the New England regional conference of the Association of International Relations Clubs, Hoffmann said that the problem de Gaulle has faced since assuming office is to create a strong but not authoritarian government. Hoffmann described the constitution of 1958 as a compromise: "a parliamentary system, with obstacles to keep it from degenerating into the situation of the Fourth Republic...
Politically, despite the pleadings of U.S. officials-and rumbles of discontent from his opponents-Diem is in no mood to relax his authoritarian rule. Economically, the war has taken a heavy toll. The Viet Cong have cut off rice shipments from the interior and rubber production is down sharply. Gold and foreign exchange reserves have dipped from $222 million in 1960 to $158 million, and export earnings will drop this year from $70 million to $55 million. Nearly $2.5 billion in U.S. aid has only made South Viet Nam more dependent on-and more critical of-its friends...