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...Michael Levi Matar, plodded laboriously from one niggling point to the next. He kept Mrs. Pauling on the stand for hours while he led her through long explanations of awards garnered by her husband. He questioned Pauling himself about his beliefs and actions at interminable length. Justice Samuel J. Silverman was visibly irritated. "I fail to see where this line of questioning will lead. Move along." Finally, last week, the trial came to an abrupt end. Silverman sustained a defense motion to dismiss the suit...
Another Sacrifice. Silverman's ruling relied heavily on the New York Times v. Sullivan. In that 1964 case, the U.S. Supreme Court held that no "public official" could recover damages for libel unless he could prove "malice," that is, a "reckless disregard" of truth. Silverman extended the Supreme Court doctrine to cover Pauling, who is admittedly no public official, but who has become politically prominent as a result of his activities and public statements. "Dr. Pauling," wrote Silverman, "has added the prestige of his reputation to aid the causes in which he believes. I merely hold that...
...weighing claims of "free public discussion" against concern for "individual reputation," Silverman decided that the "Supreme Court has shifted the balance sharply in favor of the freedom of public discussion." Whether the court has in fact shifted that sharply remains to be seen when the Pauling case and others like it are appealed. To date, lower courts have been divided on the question. Some judges, like Silverman, have expanded the Sullivan decision to include "public figures" as well as "public officials." Others have stuck to a stricter interpretation. General Edwin A. Walker, for example, was clearly a public figure when...
...between Jill C. Tsui '67, Briggs Hall, and Susanne J. Wilson '67, Holmes Hall, will be held to determine the presidency of the Radcliffe Government Association. But in the recent elections Anastasia Kucharski '68, Briggs Hall, was elected vice-president; Julia R. Currie '67, Moors Hall, secretary; Ethel M. Silverman '67, Comstock Hall, treasurer; Patricia Riley '67, Jordan Hall, nominating committee chairman; and Rachael A. Radio '68, Holmes Hall and Mary Belle Feltenstein '69, Comstock Hall, were elected National Student Association delegates...
Researchers who worked on the story (Dorothea Bourne, Raissa Silverman and Linda Young) moved through the New York City pattern -with Raissa's evening reflecting the spirit that animated New Yorkers during the blackout. She had invited four friends to dinner at her tenth-floor apartment. When darkness hit, she phoned, advising them not to come, and invited the neighbors, who were drinking coffee in the hallway by candlelight, to come to dinner...