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...Irishmen, and how the Irish struck back by joining the force. He laughs and pauses. "You know, they used to draw together and sing 'It's an Honor to Be an Irishman.' And why not? It's an honor to be born so long as it's not a dishonor to be born something. 'Black Is Beautiful' does not mean the same thing as 'It's an Honor to Be an Irishman.' No difference, just more extreme because our problem is a little more extreme." Even when he talks of black power, he does not have much heart for separatism...

Author: By Thomas Geoghagen, | Title: James Farmer | 2/4/1969 | See Source »

Hopefully, millions of young women in this country have similar views of morality at age 16." Said the state in its brief: "Death above dishonor is ad mirable. But should that subject a property owner to liability simply because it occurs on his premises...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Torts: Honor on a Ski Lift | 1/31/1969 | See Source »

...death, he hoped to "channelize the smoldering rage of the Negro and white poor" in a showdown demonstration of nonviolence. Memphis was supposed to be only a way station toward Washington. Yet when he agreed to continue the Memphis struggle, it was under threat of both death and dishonor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: THE ASSASSINATION | 4/12/1968 | See Source »

...bizarre set of domestic arrangements. After they married, his job around the house would be to wait on her hand and foot. His royalty checks were earmarked for furs and fine whips. For her part, Wanda was expected to chastise him regularly, and in general she promised to dishonor, disobey and degrade him. To that effect, they signed a "treaty." But the marriage went wrong. Biographer Cleugh does not succeed in explaining why, but it is fairly obvious that Frau Sacher-Masoch had no intention of keeping her vows. His entreaties notwithstanding, she refused at first to be unfaithful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sacherism | 7/14/1967 | See Source »

...drag me through any more," he implored. "Give me my rest either in sorrow or relief." Last week, as weary of the debate as Dodd himself, the Senate complied. It voted, 92 to 5, to censure the senior Senator from Connecticut for bringing the Senate into "dishonor and disrepute" by wrongfully taking $116,083 in campaign funds for his own use. He was only the seventh Senator in 178 years to be formally condemned by his colleagues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Senate: Taps for Tom | 6/30/1967 | See Source »

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