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...your paper presented a letter describing the fear pervading the hearts of two Americans. May I suggest that our democracy will never be in danger if Americans have the courage of their convictions and speak out against a known or implied danger. Only by remaining silent in mortal terror need we fear that our cherished institutions will be destroyed. William M. Dunnell...
...pressure group can play havoc in such a situation. To relate the story of how one such pressure group almost did, is not to set up a conflict of science v. the state. It is to warn that feeble top leadership can lead even the most powerful nations into mortal danger...
Demand for the Facts. By itself, Sogno's campaign is probably not enough to inflict mortal wounds on Italian Communism. But it may be a sign of a belatedly turning tide. Dozens of Communists in the Chamber and Senate, accused of various crimes (including the murder of rivals and wholesale robbery during the upheavals of the liberation), are unmolested because the Parliament as a whole has been reluctant to lift their parliamentary immunity: since the war hundreds of judicial requests for action against Communist M.P.s have been blocked. Said an editorial in Il Borghese: "This is the first time...
...fictions that underlies civilized society is that the jurist is in some sense above mortal men. This is a convenient fiction, for without it there could be no law. Obviously, many judges in the past have been shown wrong; few of their contemporaries, however, are wise enough to say they...
...Broadway fantasy Ondine, Actress Audrey Hepburn, winner of the best-acting "Tony" award for her role, played the part of a water sprite with fatal charms. Actor Mel Ferrer was cast as a mortal knight who could not resist her despite her sting, finally married her and learned that it was quite a way to die. Broadway kept hearing that Ferrer was not afraid of Audrey offstage either, but when Ondine closed this summer, the couple went their separate ways. Audrey headed for the Swiss resort of Bürgenstock to rest. Ferrer wound up on the Mediterranean island...