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...sickening glare from that grisly scene has thrown light upon police brutality all across the country. Was the beating an aberration, as Los Angeles police chief Daryl Gates insists? Or did it affirm yet again that many cops resort to violence, and even deadly force, when no threat to their safety can justify it? Is racism so pervasive among police that the fight against crime all too often becomes a war on blacks? Has the criminal-justice system, which permits too many criminals to go free after serving only token sentences or none at all, become so ineffectual that officers...
...speculation about the nation's uncertainties, some predictions are widely shared. In interview after interview, people affirm that no matter how awful the war might become, support for the soldiers will hold firm. "This is a real legacy of Vietnam," says Boston business consultant Jack Caldwell. "People seem determined this time not to blame the troops, never to leave them unsupported...
Reassuring things, lists. They affirm that the buzzing, blooming confusion of the universe can be reduced to a tidy vertical column. But wait, there's a better way to do this. Herewith the Top Four Reasons Why People Love Lists...
...Jews in high places were hiding their ancestry, he made a winking reply about the need for "clarity." Mazowiecki was one of those rumored to be part Jewish. In one of the campaign's most dismal moments, the bishop of Mazowiecki's hometown of Plock felt called upon to affirm the Prime Minister's Catholic ancestry all the way back to the 15th century...
...each of these situations, he takes responsibility for being sure that you actually do want to do the things that he thinks you want to do. Because he asks, you have the opportunity not just to say "no" if you choose, but to actually say "yes"--to affirm your interest in seeing the movie or going to the party...