Word: denials
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hard requirements of security, and the assertion of freedoms, together thrust upon us a dilemma not easily resolved. In the present international situation our security measures exist, in the ultimate analysis, to protect our free institutions and traditions against repressive totalitarianism and its inevitable denial of human values. . . We share the hope that some day we may return to happier times when our free institutions are not threatened and a peaceful and just world order is not such a compelling principal preoccupation. Then security will cease to be a central issue . . . there will be no undue restraints upon freedom...
...board takes cognizance of the serious alarm . . . that denial of clearance to Dr. Oppenheimer would do serious harm in the scientific community. This is a matter of vital concern to the Government and the people...
...Gouws tied him to a tractor and beat him with a hose pipe. Then they dragged him into a tobacco shed, where watching Negroes counted 66 more lashes with the hose. "They kept lifting Joseph up and hitting him," said one witness afterwards. But Joseph persisted in his denial, so the Gouws tossed him into the truck again and drove off to consult their uncle, 69-year-old Pieter van Schalkwyk. While the family took coffee together, Joseph was left in the sun, tied to the truck with a thong around his neck. At last, Uncle van Schalkwyk decided...
...such permission is conditional, and in practice, there is no appeal from a denial of approval. Moreover, handicapped with tight budgets, immigration offices often take a long time to grant their essential permission, as illustrated by the case of a Chinese girl who was a trainee at a large local university. She applied for permission to work, but when she didn't hear from authorities after three months, she took private advice--wrong--that Chinese students did not need such permission, and took the job anyway...
...July 5, 1949, Oppenheimer wrote to the Times-Union. Said he: "From the published article, one might conclude that Dr. Peters had advocated the violent overthrow of the constitutional government of the U.S. He has given an eloquent denial of this in his published statement. I believe his statement...