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Later in the evening, after the results of the poll had been tabulated, it was announced that the citizens of Dorchester had voted down the use of Neponset by a 3-1 margin. The Vox Populi had spoken, and if the four councillors liked their jobs, they were going to go along...
...Court in Massachusetts, and the Commonwealth has sued its producer, Grove Press. It is curious, indeed, that a film which has been honored in the New York Film Festival, won first prize in the Mannheim Film Festival in Germany, and two of the three prizes in the Festival dei Populi in Italy, cannot be seen by the citizens of this state...
There were more anti-American speeches, and the warriors began closing in. "Vox populi, vox del," announced one of their officers cryptically. The major kept muttering, "Be confident. We are diplomats," but Commissar Kassongo was terrified. Before heading back to Burundi, he shouted: "I am being threatened by the masses. Give me protection!" It was a cry that will be heard elsewhere in the Congo during the weeks ahead...
...populi, Miss Hughes warned that American audiences are too glibly dammed by intellectuals. When Mr. Susskind attacked Hollwood's "psychotic" emphasis on stars, the Herald critic observed that the highly successful West side story included none in its cast, she scolded, "unless you can back them...
...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...