Word: daring
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...nuclear stalemate or environmental pollution, for it moves the electoral decision from reason to the irrational and erodes people's belief in the democratic process. A greater tragedy, though, is the extent to which Yorty's racism has so aptly measured the temperament of the voter. How dare we feign shock at the news of a Watts...
...ouster, the democratization process was gradually replaced by the restoration of Stalinist methods. Mention must be made of the illegal arrests and illegal sentencings, the absence of publicity and the partiality of the courts, the numerous violations of procedural norms, the wiretapping and the examination of letters. Citizens who dare to voice criticism of any government decree whatsoever are subjected to persecution and are illegally fired from their jobs. For the slightest criticism, Communists are immediately expelled from the party in violation of party regulations. Of late, with ever-increasing frequency, completely healthy people are being placed in psychiatric hospitals...
...Academic freedom is a strange beast. Students or faculty members could criticize any elected Federal official's policy, intellect, physiognomy or character without fear of reprisals. How many students would dare display such candor in seminars? How many faculty exercise their freedom on colleagues' or administrators' views...
...dare say that if the same standards that drove Mr. Fortas from the court were applied to the Congress and to the executive branch of Government, many heads would roll...
Sheila Hart (Phaedra) speaks with bewildered and frightened passion as the queen who lusts for her son Hippolytus. She commands such respect with each word that her accusingly harsh "Wicked!" to her Nurse seems to damn her for eternity. When she cries "Women, stop speaking!", they dare not speak. And when she predicts her fate, Death!", I feared for her very existence. Miss Hart overcome the awkward hand gestures devised by the director by using her face and the slightest turn of her head to convey the deepest emotion...