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...even the absolutists masquerade as democrats; even the military and quasi-military dictatorships strive in the name of democracy to manage the public business. And all of them say that authoritarianism is only a necessary transition to democracy . . . The enemies of freedom, whatever the magnificent ends they propose-the brotherhood of man, the kingdom of saints, 'from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs'-miss just this essential point: that man is greater than the social purposes to which he can be put. He must not be kicked about even with the most high...
...nine-year-old Detroit Negro girl with jobless parents and an IQ of 170. Typically, her public school called on the Roepers for help; her neighbors passed the hat for tuition (which runs from $600 to $800 a year). Wealthy parents sponsor many other such kids. A brotherhood of brains unites them all-the measure of which is that only 87 out of 420 bright applicants hurdled the entrance exams last year. One reason is that Roeper also insists on a high CQ (creativity quotient), determined in part by how imaginatively applicants tackle IQ tests. "We don't take...
Forgotten Flaw. In the early performances, something went wrong at the end. After recording with satirical relish the expanding fortune of a vicious, backbiting, devious, ruthless little sweet-smiling crud, the show ended with a number called Brotherhood of Man, delivered in a manner that seemed to say: "All right, fellas, all right, we've just been kidding around for two hours; we really love each other, we all believe in Help the Other Fellow and Turn the Other Cheek; now let's all say we're buddies and go home." Star Bobby Morse lacked mordancy...
...print photos showing the arrival of U.S. arms, and the twelve U.S. Air Force transport planes sent by Washington to ferry Indian troops were made to sound like leased aircraft flown by mercenaries. The crowds know better. A current slogan is a revision of the earlier cry for brotherhood with China: "Americans bhai bhai; Chini hai hail" (Americans are our brothers; death to the Chinese...
...Filed a federal suit, charging that the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway conspired to assign Negro "train porters'' to the same work done by white "brakemen" at higher pay-at the same time denying them union membership...