Word: authoritarianism
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...believes (as do so many other theologians) only his church can provide answers to the eternal questions of life and purpose . . . Many men, such as the late Dr. Einstein . . . are perhaps better qualified to speculate about the existence of God and the nature of things than those indoctrinated in authoritarian creeds. A study of history reveals that science has pursued truth more diligently than religion...
...under stress. As Psychiatrist Edward R. Miller explains it, this helped many patients to feel that "it could happen to anyone"-so they felt less different themselves. Also, they enjoyed the humbling of a "father-figure," for many had troubles that traced back to their own fathers or other authoritarian figures. Best of all, characters in the play were able to act out their hostility to Father-Figure Queeg without feeling guilt...
...gone in heavily for nepotism and graft, but last week Minister Borlenghi tried to dispel such unpleasant talk. "I want to make it clear," he said, "that none of the charges have to do with the honesty of the governments intervened." The trouble, Borlenghi explained in phrases worthy of authoritarian doubletalk, was that the three provincial governments showed "a lack of interest in public service," and failed to seek "the cooperation and advice of people's organizations...
...Airman Galland blamed Germany's "indescribable misery" on the Allied bombing, and after a few years went off to authoritarian Argentina to ply his trade as adviser to Perón's Aeronautics Ministry. Galland stayed carefully out of politicking in Argentina's tight little ex-Nazi community...
This brought orthodox, conservative doctors to the edge of their chairs and started the hottest argument of a hot week in Karlsruhe. Niehans, whom some of his colleagues called arrogant and authoritarian, laid down strict rules for his method. The younger the animal from which glands or cells were taken, the better. This meant using calves, piglets, or other young animals still unborn-taken from dams slaughtered just before they were due to litter. (At one time his patients had to go to slaughterhouses for treatment with fresh tissues, but a Heidelberg chemical company has found a way to preserve...