Word: volent
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...Barney Greenwald, counsel for the defense, in many ways the focal character of the play. He carries the part with a brashness and at times a gaucherie that seems entirely unfitted to the role, although he has a few redeeming moments. James Putnam as Lt. Thomas Keefer, male-volent, sarcastic intellectual, shows some signs of having thought about his part, although he tends toward overacting. The same might be said of David Galloway who is quite engaging in his brief appearance as Signalman Urban. William Balchelder as the senior officer of the court martial proceedings has excellent delivery, albeit sepulchral...
...three private and orderly citizens, two of whom were arrested after Hessian methods of coercion, failed to cow them. This should be made a test case. Law will have to be liberal to the extent of recognizing the difference between a sincere determination to preserve freedom and a volent misuse of it. The prominent citizens involved should see their convictions of right realized. All praise to them...
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