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...England writers will read selections...that expose the horrors of war, affirm the value of life, and address the paramount issue of peace in a nuclear age," said Mazur...
...bottom line is that the American electorate remains dealigned--not realigned, predominantly moderate, not liberal and conservative. During the 1960s and 1970s, Democrats dissipated a generation's worth of political capital, but during the 1980s Republicans have failed to capitalize on their opportunity. The 1986 Congressional elections only affirm the stand...
...sudden it is no longer enough for college athletes to affirm they will play by the rules; now they have to allow the NCAA access to their bodies...
...Marbury vs. Madison. Meese has also managed to laud the decision on McCulloch vs. Maryland in 1819 as an exemplar of intent--the intent, says Meese, to leave lawmaking to Congress. Yet the primary effect of McCulloch, which rejected a state challenge to the national bank, was to affirm federal power over the states in any fundamental legal confrontation. In his opinion, Marshall inveighed against "the baneful influence of . . . narrow construction on all the operations of the government." Despite these heavy wounds, both strict construction and original intent have been summoned up again and again by judicial advocates who have...
These shortcomings do not blunt Nickleby's potent storytelling; they affirm it. In 1981 the show seemed a magic moment in which acting, directing and design had come together to create something wonderful yet ephemeral. The passage of time and the revival by other hands, even if imperfect, allow audiences to see that Nickleby is a permanent, and major, contribution to the literature of the stage...