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The genesis of the genre lies in the fact that, when pressure has built up for a long time and an outlet is at last afforded, there is likely to be an explosion. Under the intolerant Puritan regime of Oliver Cromwell, the theatres were kept closed for nearly two decades...
In 1919 Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes asserted that repressive measures were justified only when a "clear and present danger" existed. By such a definition, Franklin Roosevelt clearly had good reason to authorize the use of wiretaps in 1940 in matters involving "the defense of the nation." But his decision in...
The method: shrewd conclusion based on empirical observation. What the eyes could see, the wits could solve. At the zenith of the Darwinian revolution, Oliver Wendell Holmes assured his countrymen: "Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper-chamber, if he has common-sense...
Oliver hiked his RBI total for the year to 29 with his seventh homer, which came off veteran reliever Bob Bolin, 1-1.
Bolin took over for Boston starter John Curtis after Vada Pinson and Lee Stanton singled with one out in the seventh. Frank Robinson greeted Bolin with a run-scoring single and Oliver followed with his decisive blast, enabling the Angels to salvage the finale of a three-game series.