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Convinced that President Juan Bosch was veering too far left, Dominican Republic military leaders turned him out last September. In his place, they set up what they considered a reliably docile civilian triumvirate too weak to do any harm-or any good. But when the junta went through its inevitable first shake-up last December, out went one of its members and in stepped Donald Reid Cabral, 40, a Santo Domingo auto dealer and the frail (5 ft. 6 in., 132 Ibs.) but strong-willed son of a Scots banker. Since then, Reid has clearly become more equal than...
Berlin, along with a swarm of song publishers, claimed infringement of their copyrights. Last week in Manhattan, the U.S. Court of Appeals decided that no actionable harm had been done. Said the opinion written by Judge Irving R. Kaufman: "Through depression and boom, war and peace, Tin Pan Alley has light-heartedly insisted that 'the whole world laughs' with a laugher, and that 'the best things in life are free.' " The suit against Mad is "an apparent departure from these delightful sentiments." Parodists, said Judge Kaufman, must be permitted to borrow from the original, or else...
...commands from seven to five, re-emphasizing the authority of Colonel Boumedienne, and announcing that the long overdue F.L.N. party congress will be held in April and will be open even to some of the regime's opponents and critics. And the meeting with De Gaulle did no harm since, once independence was achieved, le grand Charles became a hero to Algerians because of his role in helping them achieve...
...thus, not thus, neither is this Thou," the abstraction is fatal. It will make the life of lives inanimate and the love of loves impersonal. The naif image is mischievous chiefly in so far as it holds unbelievers back from conversions. It does believers, even at its crudest, no harm. What soul ever perished for believing that God the Father really has a beard...
Said Russell: "I cannot refrain, even if it does harm to the Senator from Illinois, from expressing to him my great admiration for his political courage. It gives one hope for the future of the Republic to see a man who has convictions and the courage to sustain them even though it may endanger his seat in the Senate...