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  • Alerted by the recent rise of fascist totalitarianism — in Hork - heimer's words, by “the transition to so-called authori - tative forms of state in the present period” — the Insti - tute team, which included Erich Fromm and Herbert

    AUTHORITY LEONARD KRIEGER 1968

  • Rob, I don't have the authori-tah to add this to your post...feel free to move it to the bottom of yours.

    Archive 2009-01-01 bizalich 2009

  • Rob, I don't have the authori-tah to add this to your post...feel free to move it to the bottom of yours.

    I don't have a sign, but... Marty 2009

  • The authenticity of Huichol art on the market today becomes of some importance when called into question by no less an authori ... read more anthropology art huichol

    The Mummies of Guanajuato: Powerful Memento Mori 2001

  • The authenticity of Huichol art on the market today becomes of some importance when called into question by no less an authori ... read more anthropology art huichol

    The Mummies of Guanajuato: Powerful Memento Mori 2001

  • Noting that the real objects of such an authority were vague, he said it was dangerous to introduce another education authori to achieve.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

  • The result would be the need to explain why he was being treated so severely, which was precisely what the authori ties wished to avoid.

    Quozl Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1989

  • The scholars received payment for summariz - ing material they already knew well and I received an unmatched overview of Polish history as local authori - ties view it today.

    Poland Michener, James 1983

  • Only an authori - tarian and paternalistic culture, prone to liken the profession of a religion to a respectful submission, was apt to encourage faith in disciplinary procedures to induce genuine conversions.

    RELIGIOUS TOLERATION ELISABETH LABROUSSE 1968

  • Declaring that “liberty, when men act in bodies, is power,” Burke invoked an organic compound of accepted institutions, traditions, and beliefs — a compound covered by the idea of autonomous authori - ties — to restrain the liberty and shape the power.

    AUTHORITY LEONARD KRIEGER 1968

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