Word: libel
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...popular decision. Music Critic Jorge d'Urbano, who had panned Bomarzo at its premiere, wrote that by the government's standards, "Dante's Divine Comedy would have to be considered a political libel and Hamlet an incitement to matricide." Composer Ginastera, pointing to the libertine antics of such operatic heroes as Don Juan, the unmarried exploits of Tristan and Isolde, and the sadism of Salome, suggested tartly that the government should have done with it and suppress all operas. Which it might well do if Ongania ever got hold of the librettos...
Divorced. Van Heflin, 56, veteran star of Hollywood (Once A Thief) and Broadway (A Case of Libel); by Frances Heflin, 46; on grounds of mental cruelty (she said he had become sullen, moody and indifferent); after 25 years of marriage, three children; in Santa Monica, Calif...
...student publications, the standards to be used in their evaluation, and the limitations on external control of their operation. At the same time, the editorial freedom of student editors and managers entail corollary responsibilities to be governed by the canons of responsible journalism, such as the avoidance of libel, indecency, undocumented allegations, attacks on personal integrity, and the technique of harassment and innuendo. As safeguards for the editorial freedom of student publications the following provisions are necessary...
...does not constitute proof of guilt in a civil case growing out of the same offense. And British courts allowed a special twist in 1964, when Convicted Safecracker Alfie Hinds realized that the one- court-does-not-recognize-what-the-other-is-doing theory could also be applied to libel cases. He sued a retired police inspector who had arrested him and who had written a series of articles saying that he was guilty. The libel jury awarded Alfie $3,640 in damages. Using the same theory, Convicted Train Robber Goody planned to nick The People for a few thousand...
...dramatically made by Mrs. John T. McCullough, then a resident of Greenwich, Conn., who objected to a local appearance by Adler and Dancer Paul Draper on the ground that their appearances at certain political rallies showed they were "proCommunist" in sympathy. Adler and Draper countered with a widely publicized libel suit that ended in a hung jury...