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...some states, D.A.s can already bypass the grand jury, and simply issue an indictment themselves or go before a judge for a preliminary hearing; at such hearings the defense can attend and cross-examine any witnesses. The process is much fairer. Even a few prosecutors, notably Philadelphia's Arlen Specter and Houston's Carol Vance, favor it as a way to speed the pretrial process...
...Cavanaugh in Detroit and John Lindsay in New York. Voters seemed to accept the existence of "the urban crisis" and put their hopes in young liberals who spoke of taking dramatic steps to end "bossism" and solve urban problems. It is interesting that Philadelphia in 1965 elected District Attorney Arlen Specter, who described himself as a "Kennedy Democrat" running on the Republican ticket. Specter ran a Lindsay-esque anti-boss campaign while the machine sent letters to Republican office-holders accusing Specter of being an "ultra-liberal...
...legerdemain to cover an awful and gloomy book about nothing at all." Fortunately, the Prince and his Follies have that other talent: Stephen Sondheim. For the musical, he has written some of the glossiest, wittiest lyrics in Broadway history. His melodies gracefully genuflect to Kern and Gershwin, Berlin and Arlen. His words bow to no one. With Follies he has established himself, beyond doubt, as the theater's supreme lyricist...
...used. It could be parody, but obviously it's done with such affection and also it's really dealing with something. In Follies I imitate people. But in each of the pastiche songs, there's always something of me added to the imitation of Kern or Arlen or whoever it is. That's something I couldn't avoid-my own comment on the style...
Exiles, by Michael J. Arlen. A son's portrait of his famous parents that is almost unbearably eloquent about deep, ambivalent feelings...