Word: ideale
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...libertarian prescription for an ideal world is never precisely set forth in Ergo, although it is implied backhandedly through a criticism of government intervention in the economy or political "freedoms," government grants to study man-polar bear relations, for example. Wright outlines a world where no one coerces anyone. A police force would be funded voluntarily, because those who did not contribute would not receive protection. Wright admits to a small chink in libertarian logical armor when he concedes that someone who refused to pay for a national defense system would benefit from it anyway; but he points out that...
Ergo is willing to compromise more in order to achieve its ideal society than are the Harvard libertarians. Ergo endorsed Nixon and Ford in their presidential campaigns ("Ford's government followed the libertarian creed to the letter: it did nothing," says Wright), whereas the Sons of Liberty worked for John Hospers and Roger McBride, the presidential candidates of the Libertarian Party...
...theoretical model of an ideal world that Ergo presents to its readers--a world where social concern and moral action come naturally--has yet to appear on earth. But to a group of dedicated individualists at MIT, that goal is tangible and worth working and publishing...
...Front is a schizophrenic film. The script attempts to treat seriously a tragic and chilling period of American history when the ideal of personal freedom was subordinated to the fear of a "Communist menace." But the film cannot resist a comic tendency that cheapens and detracts from its political message. Complicating the problems embedded in the script are two extremely talented comedians who find themselves cast in straight dramatic roles which cannot suppress their seemingly irrepressible knack for "getting a laugh." Because it's impossible to watch either Woody Allen or Zero Mostel without expecting a humorous line sooner...
...Woman Lindsay Wagner nor Wonder Woman Lynda Carter has, obviously, the mature appeal of an Angie Dickinson. But Los Angeles-born Wagner, who did a couple of low-budget features (notably Paper Chase), has potential. The show's creator, Ken Johnson, says he modeled her character after an ideal date he had in mind, someone "truthful, witty and eminently attractive," and Wagner seems to fill the bill. Says Wagner: "I'm trying like hell not to be Wonder Woman." Carter, 24, who is trying like hell to put that character across, is a former swimming champion and ballet...