Word: lawlessness
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...themselves." But in the end that was just what did happen. The Atlanteans "lost their comeliness, through being unable to bear the burden of their possessions, and became ugly to look upon, in the eyes of him [Zeus] who has the gift of sight . . . filled as they were with lawless ambition and power." Therefore Zeus destroyed them. As Professor Marinates continues to unearth evidence from his dig on Santorini, Plato's story of Atlantis begins to read more and more like actual history...
...there the life of free and peaceful men is gravely endangered. Being a Black American I am more keenly aware of these dangers than others may be. Black Americans have been robbed of the right of free political expression. They have been made to suffer persecution in silence. The lawless spirit which silenced their cries against oppression is the same spirit which drove the chanters in Sanders Theatre. From a belief in their moral superiority the chanters oppressed members of a political minority and battered them into silence...
...flagstaff after police reported that they could not (or would not) defend the building against the workers. As the construction men withdrew down Wall Street, they were showered with tickertape like returning astronauts. In Seattle, members of a vigilante group called HELP (Help Eliminate Lawless Protest) were reported to have set upon students with clubs...
Multiple investigations at federal and state levels are under way to determine why anyone was killed at Kent State. Far worse disorders have been controlled at other campuses without fatalities. Many of the students had obviously committed lawless acts during that long weekend. Apparently they thought that they could do so with impunity...
...black imitating the President's "up to here" gesture. Yet viewed rationally, the long-range interests (if not the short-term problems) of the two sides coincide. The slums suffer more from crime and disorder than the suburbs, and blacks, even more than whites, need protection from the lawless. Difficult as it may be for many to believe, the lower middle class and the middle class have as much of a stake as the poor in ending poverty and discrimination...