Word: free
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Pouncing on this point, the majority said: "A function of free speech under our system of government is to invite dispute. It may indeed best serve its high purpose when it induces a condition of unrest, creates dissatisfaction with conditions as they are, or even stirs people to anger." Freedom of speech, they said, could not be denied unless it created, in the late Oliver Wendell Holmes's classic phrase, "a clear and present danger" to public safety and welfare...
...Russians must give a clear guarantee of the West's rights in Germany; 2) the Russians must accept West Germany's democratic constitution as the basis for any all-German regime; 3) any political setup for Russia's Eastern Germany must be the result of free, Four-Power supervised elections; 4) the U.S. will not now agree to the withdrawal of occupation troops from Germany (although talk persisted that the U.S. might consider moving its troops to port cities and the French frontier...
...statement continued to say that apart from its implications for academic freedom, such a policy might reduce the effectiveness of scientific research, drive away brilliant students, reduce the free flow of ideas, and finally,".... alienate scientists, discouraging them from participation in government-sponsored research, thus retarding the progress of work vital to the national safety and welfare...
...meeting, Gavin also announced approval by a Council committee of an American Field Service offer to give a Harvard man a free trip to and from Europe and $100 out of an estimated $200 expenses...
...February 27, Carey McWilliams, a free-lance writer who contributes frequently to The Nation, was scheduled to address the Teachers Institute in Riverside, California. It was National Brotherhood Week; McWilliams had a suitable topic for the occasion...