Word: questionable
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...seal his ballot in an envelope, which is then notarized. This envelope is placed in an outer envelope, which is also sealed. DeGuglielmo said he proposed to the Commission that it open these outer envelopes, identify the notarizer, and if a ballot has been notarized by the man in question, then the Commission should tell each absentee voter there may have been some tampering with his ballot...
Speaking first, Howe stated two arguments against the disclaimer affidavit of the NDEA. First, he said, from a technical, legal point of view, the affidavit provides criminal penalties for a false statement or a question of opinion. This is "an intrusion of criminal law into the sphere of belief," he contended, and thus "a denial" of the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment...
Bozell, speaking in rebuttal, called Howe's statements on civil rights "sophistry." He charged that the content of Howe's speech amounted to "an assertion that the academic community possesses special privileges." The only question at stake, Bozell declared, is "whether the public has the prerogative to determine how its funds will be spent." Admitting that he personally believes the affidavit "unwise," Bozell contended that it "does not violate one word of the Constitution...
Some rituals are symbolically important and others are not; and the question as to when to make a stand is often not easy: I am reminded of the man in Nazi Germany who went to a psychiatrist because his right arm was paralyzed--his arm wouldn't let him give the Nazi salute that the situation demanded of him. I think the disclaimer affidavit is an important symbol for (like Dean John Monro and many others) I don't want to see students made even more cautious by such reminders of potential danger in political involvement; and I believe such...
...Russia can no longer extract favorable terms in bargaining with China, the question is raised: who can? Perhaps the Russians feel that the more people have bombs, the more serious disarmament proposals become--but this is small comfort to the other members of the "nuclear club." And it is only a matter of time before the Soviet Union runs out of concessions which would hinder Soviet expansion southward. Khrushchev has announced that Russia is the greatest power on earth--but China's actions speak louder than words...