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Endless Repetition. The new measure, which was demanded by Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd to meet a "crisis of survival," makes last year's Sabotage Act seem tame by comparison, has already been dubbed the "No Trial" bill. It promises the death penalty for citizens who receive training in subversion abroad or urge intervention by force in South Africa. Postal authorities can open, read and hold suspicious mail. Any political suspect, without trial, can be placed in 90-day detention, which may then be endlessly repeated. Commented Justice Minister Vorster: "This is as much power as I need for existing...
Master Wylie and Mrs. Wylie wandered down from Quincy House "looking for some excitement," but found the whole thing pretty tame. So did the Dunster House tutor who lingered for a few minutes and then turned to leave, remarking that "this seems to be rather dull...
...affairs that the former Prime Minister of a great sovereign state should thus be received as an honorary citizen of another. I say 'great sovereign state' with design and emphasis, for I reject the view that Britain and the Commonwealth should now be relegated to a tame and minor role in the world . . . In this century of storm and tragedy, I contemplate with high satisfaction the constant factor of the interwoven and upward progress of our peoples. Our comradeship and our brotherhood in war were unexampled. We stood together, and because of that fact the free world...
Cued by Khrushchev himself, who recently rapped Evtushenko for "cheap sensationalism." a three-day meeting of the Union of Soviet Writers last month addressed itself almost exclusively to destroying the cult of Evtushenko. In all, close to 40 tame authors trooped monotonously forward to denounce Evtushenko and other liberal young writers for offenses ranging from bad rhymes to "sacrilegious statements" about the Revolution. Though Evtushenko made abject apologies for his "irrevocable mistake.'' the drumfire of criticism only grew louder and more insistent...
...fixed-sample system. In this system-used by the giant Nielsen company and by Sindlinger until recently-a carefully selected roster of families is picked, checked, wired for sound, and taped for their TV-watching habits. President Sindlinger testified he was disconcerted because Nielsen discovered one of his tame watchers. Just why this bothered him was not fully clear, but it did induce him to change his ways. Said Sindlinger morosely: "I don't think the industry wants true figures anyway...