Word: crimed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Pritchett's expose of James Joyce [Feb. 13] has been long overdue. Joyce was an anti-intellectual. His crime was to unseat reason from its throne. The role of the intellect is to reduce the chaos of the subconscious, and of the stream of consciousness, to order. To surrender that function and retreat to chaos is treason against man himself and the God who endowed him with intellect and will...
Should a newsman refuse to identify confidential sources of his information about a crime? Long tradition says he should. But legally-except in twelve states that have laws reinforcing the tradition-he has no more right than any other citizen to withhold information. In Fort Worth last week, William Prescott Allen, 60, publisher of the Laredo, Texas Times (circ. 15,283), faced the choice of revealing sources or going to jail...
Hanging is an old Anglo-Saxon custom. In the 13th century, punishment by death, in forms varying from the headsman's ax to the witch's pyre, was imposed as a deterrent for virtually every crime on the books. More than five centuries later, there were still some 200 crimes (including poaching) punishable by death in England. Children as young as seven were hanged. The first sweeping move toward clemency was not made until 1835, when these 200 mortal crimes were cut to four -high treason, murder, piracy, and setting fire to the royal dockyards and arsenals...
...familiar. Rising population density lowers the physical standards of the city. The well-to-do residents emigrate to more attractive suburban areas. The tax base decreases, and the tax rate climbs. Industry is driven out by taxes and the environment. Municipal service grows worse, as the need grows greater. Crime and delinquency rates rise, disease increases, and schools become blackboard jungles. In short, the familiar pattern of metropolitan slum living becomes inescapable...
Testifying before a committee of the Legislature, Wilson opposed three bills under consideration which would curb the sale of "obscene" or "crime and horror magazines...