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...Olympic gold medal in 1960, Constantine can rely for some time on sympathy for his father and the good feeling engendered by his impending marriage next January to Denmark's Princess Anne-Marie to facilitate his task. But ultimately Constantine can calm Greece's latent antimonarchist feelings only by calling, like his father, on the motto of his royal house: "My power is the love of my people...
...Ambassador to Finland, Rowan fascinated the Finns with his outspoken talk about U.S. racial problems. And on racial matters, Rowan is understandably militant. "No people I can recall in history ever got their freedom on a silver platter," he says. "The Negro is no exception. There's a latent decency in the American conscience. But it takes this militancy to arouse...
...Burgess' newest novel, a pallid British antique dealer has to go to Leningrad to learn that he has always been a latent homosexual. On top of this, his, sulky American wife turns out to be an incipient lesbian...
Naturally there are "mutual reachings" in such a seduction--this increases the teacher's liability. Often young people have not fully resolved their own sexuality. Latent homosexual inclinations frequently co-exist with normal desires. Left undisturbed, these usually fade away as the adolescent emerges into adulthood. Except in the relationship of the rapist and patient, it is not always best that submerged contents come to the surface. Under normal circumstances the analysand is not in danger of being led into buggery by his therapist. In denying seduction Goodman exploits these latent attractions. If there were no such skill...
Acknowledging the academic character of his audience, Martin spoke at length on Latin intellectualism. "Philosophical Marxism provides an outlet for the latent anti-Yankeeism of many South American intellectuals. These men act as a respectable background for the extremist who, for his own reasons, hates...