Word: opinionated
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Chief Justice Earl Warren concurred in the result of the majority opinion, but fretted lest Brennan's "broad language" might "eventually be applied to the arts and sciences and freedom of communication generally." Justice William Douglas (joined by Justice Hugo Black) dissented, arguing that the majority test of obscenity made for "community censorship in one of its worst forms. It creates a regime where, in the battle between the literati and the Philistines, the Philistines are certain to win." Wrote Douglas: "I have the same confidence in the ability of our people to reject noxious literature as I have...
...later outraged to learn that the capitalist press knew of his appeal). Seemingly impressed, the Kadar regime said last week that, "pending re-examination of the case," it had "suspended" the death sentences of Intellectuals Obersovszky and Gali. But three days later it showed its complete contempt for world opinion by hanging youthful (25) Student Toth and her three Freedom-Fighting comrades...
...stand off the Redlegs' rooters. Though the balloting was perfectly legal under the somewhat farcical procedures followed by the big leagues, Commissioner Ford Frick felt compelled to step in last week and decree that the Redlegs may have only five starting positions. The All-Stars, Cincinnati public opinion notwithstanding, must have room for such as Hank Aaron and Willie Mays from other clubs...
...Margaret Truman (no kin to Mrs. Cliftpn Daniel), who knitted the uniform socks, decided that the boys would look nice in red. -The nickname lasted until the era of Joe McCarthy-the late Senator, not the great New York Yankee manager. Then, patrioteering owners with an ear for public opinion and rustlings among the Reds ruled that their ball club should be called the Redlegs...
...about nine-tenths of i%, which is a fraction of what it used to be when about one out of every three released patients came back." Adds Dr. Roberts Davies, the state TB board's medical director: "I don't know of any informed [medical] opinion that we should keep patients longer than...