Word: jansenism
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...what he does. What I do know is that I had contemplated this move for two or three years because of increasing outside activities." Rebellious Captive. Other retiring directors had even less to say. For the record, Stanton Griffis, onetime U.S. Ambassador to Spain, was in Paris. Investment Banker Jansen Noyes and Motor Millionaire Walter P. Chrysler Jr. were "out of town." Financier William M. Greve, a man who temporarily gave up his U.S. citizenship in the 1930s, then returned home hurriedly from Liechtenstein just two jumps ahead of Hitler, was keeping his own counsel. One of the departing directors...
...vote of 7 to 1, the New York City Board of Education passed a resolution that would 1) require teachers to answer under oath questions on "any matter under the jurisdiction of the board," and 2) "authorize" Superintendent William Jansen to require teachers to name any colleagues who "may be or may have been" members of subversive groups...
...what is a turnabout of the standard procedure, Superintendent of Schools William Jansen, in opposing reticent and Fifth Amendment witnesses charged that "academic freedom means freedom to search for the truth and such freedom is not exercised by persons who are bound to a certain ideology or who belong to a conspiracy that justifies lying as a means of accomplishing its result. Academic freedom," he added criticising insubordinate teachers who have given ambiguous testimony, "is a right that belongs to people of integrity...
...York offers more incentive to witnesses than most municipalities: "Former members of the Communist Party who have severed their connections in good faith have nothing to fear if they tell the truth," Jansen continues. "A number of persons who were called in for questioning and gave straightforward answers about past membership are now teaching in our school system." Teachers in this category are believed to number...
...same Giant team as today's started the season like bushers. A converted outfielder named Whitey Lockman was learning to play first base. On third, another converted outfielder, Henry Thompson, was booting oftener than a cavalryman's cobbler. Such seasoned pitchers as Sal Maglie and Larry Jansen were giving away runs as if they were CARE packages...