Word: doubting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...matter how far out BS&T could send the crowd, there would always be the sneaking suspicion that the people liked them because they were Supposed to like them. With Kirk there could be no doubt; he shocked the crowd and they loved...
...children were not to blame! Your sectarianism may be less crude than at the Rhode Island College, but sectarianism is basically the same everywhere--a blind and blinding belief which will not permit the sectarian to make free use of accumulating knowledge or other evidence which disproves or casts doubt on the basic sectarian commitment...
...finest antiwar movie, Paths of Glory. At his worst, in Lolita, he flattened Nabokov's Krafft-Ebing satire and missed the author's parody of motel Americana. With the innovative successes of Dr. Strangelove and 2001, he recouped much of his prestigé. Still, there remains some doubt as to whether Kubrick has retained his ability to create characters of psychological breadth and substance. His newest project-a life of Napoleon-should answer that question. Orson Welles' old appraisal still holds: "Kubrick is a great director who has not yet made his great film." ∙ MIKE NICHOLS...
...criminal cases, one or two votes could possibly change the balance. Miranda, for example, was decided by a 5-to-4 margin. It may be that Burger and Justices of similar temperament will in the future give the police the benefit of the doubt in resolving close cases based on Miranda. But like other Justices, Burger will be deterred by the doctrine of stare decisis (respect for precedent) from abandoning rules that have been law for three years now. Even so, under Burger's leadership, the court is more likely to return to the role of anchoring the ship...
While many Harvard students would no doubt have preferred at least some continuation of the "new barbarianism" in University Hall to the police action which ended it, Harvard's action--and similar actions on other campuses this spring--have probably helped, at least in the short run, to reassure Congress and to lessen the chances of passage of repressive legislation...