Word: arguments
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...pacifist to a hostile spectator, "and if a majority of the people said they wanted the Communists and wanted to distribute land to everyone, would we have a right to say NO?" Without hesitation, the boy responded "Yes, we could," and then proceeded to explain why. Repeatedly, the argument came to "if we don't fight the Commies in South Vietnam, we'll be fighting them in Hawaii or California...
...backdown? Ho apparently realized that by trying and executing the U.S. aviators he would alienate many of the sympathizers he has in the West. It was safe to assume that he was impressed by the argument that mistreatment of the prisoners would tend to harden the U.S. mood and create a more unified, favorable attitude toward a tougher war. Since he counts on the U.S. finally tiring of the war and pulling out, he would thus be working against his own aim. Beyond this, the reaction from other countries must have raised for him the unwelcome prospect that he might...
After choosing the third alternative, the Vermont court explained: "The slayer should not be permitted to improve his position by the killing, but should not be compelled to surrender property to which he would have been entitled if there had been no killing." As for Charlotte's manslaughter argument, the court ruled that slayers convicted of involuntary manslaughter may fully inherit their victims' estates because the crime involves no intent to kill. Not so for those convicted of voluntary manslaughter, which does involve intent to kill. Result: Charlotte wins the title without the cash, which still goes...
...there was general agreement on the need to calm the economy, there was also plenty of argument about how to go at it. Last week Andrew Brimmer, Johnson's newest appointee to the Federal Reserve Board, urged a suspension of the 1962 law that lets companies deduct from their income tax up to 7% of what they invest in new factories and equipment. Brimmer insisted that capital spending has now reached "unsustainable levels," posing a threat of sharp cutbacks and a drop in the whole economy later...
...seems to lie between accident and legalism. To begin with, the recent decision completely contradicted a 1962 vote (by the same court) in which it decided, also eight to seven, that it did have jurisdiction in the case. After six years, 16 volumes of testimony, 6000 pages of oral argument, and 112 sessions, the court changed its mind on an issue which should have been resolved at the outset...