Word: populi
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...seizure, claimed only-with precise democratist logic-that the President "represents the interest of all the people," and must "use his powers to safeguard the nation" when Congress fails to act (an argument rejected by the Supreme Court). The explanation reminds Burnham of the doctrine of Salus populi suprema lex esto (The people's welfare is the highest law), an excuse for tyranny under the Roman Caesars...
...Populi. In Detroit, Law Student Frank Castelluccio noticed on his absentee ballot that no one was running for the New Buffalo, Mich, township's Highway Commissioner, idly wrote himself in, was elected by one vote...
...Populi. In Washington, New Hampshire's Senator Norris Cotton received a fan letter from a high-school girl: "All my friends are saving pictures of movie stars, and I want to be different, so please send me photos of twelve senators, but pick carefully, even the best are sort of funny looking...
...Populi. In Washington, New Hampshire's Senator Norris Cotton received a fan letter from a high school girl: 'All my friends are saving pictures of movie stars and I want to be different, so please send me photos of twelve senators, but pick carefully, even the best are sort of funny looking...
...Populi. To the troubled Princess, it was small comfort that there were some who tried to dismiss the whole matter as a moss-backed anachronism. Racing to the Princess' defense, the cocky tabloid Daily Mirror (circ. 4,665,000) asked its more influential brother (circ. 221,972): "Would the Times have preferred this vivacious young woman to marry one of the witless wonders with whom she has been hobnobbing these past few years? Or to live her life in devoted spinsterhood? Luckily the Times cannot banish Princess Margaret. It speaks for a dusty world and a forgotten...