Word: sullivans
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Manhattan, bumper stickers and lapel buttons proclaimed: I'M FIGHTING POVERTY. I WORK. Louisiana Congressman Otto Passman complained that the ballyhoo was damaging the U.S. image abroad, averring solemnly that a family in his district had even received a CARE package from worried relatives in Europe. On Ed Sullivan's Sunday night television show a comic announced: "I joined the war on poverty-I threw a hand grenade at a beggar...
...letter responded to a City Council order which Councillor Walter J. Sullivan had proposed March...
...about her even more than we do about the beautiful, corrupted children. Their main difficulty is that their voices aren't quite strong enough; and in the chimes scene, where their hymn deteriorates into a satanic chant, the horrifying words can hardly he heard at all. But J. Thomas Sullivan as Miles is so good an actor, looks so angelic, and sounds so pure, that his scenes are very moving even though we often have to strain to hear. His song in the schoolroom is a weird blending of dewy innocence and dark corruption. Carolyn Stouffer, Mrs. Grose the housekeeper...
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...
...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 he turned up at the University of Mississippi's integration riots in 1962; he had earned his share of notoriety...