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...make its primary and dominant value the fostering of friendship, solidarity, harmony, civility, or mutual respect. To be sure, these are important values; other institutions may properly assign them the highest, and not merely a subordinate priority; and a good university will seek and may in some significant measure attain these ends. But it will never let these values, important as they are, override its central purpose. We value freedom of expression precisely because it provides a forum for the new, the provocative, the disturbing, and the unorthodox. Free speech is a barrier to the tyranny of authoritarian or even...
...These are not evil men. There was no one man in control. There was no czar. But men who become convinced their cause is just resort to means to attain it that they otherwise would not consider. For example, I can't conceive of any Government, any presidential Administration, letting a man like Liddy run around loose...
Lippmann went on to a career in journalism that saw him attain almost the status of an oracle in the course of publishing over 4000 columns, mostly for a syndicate headed by The New York Herald Tribune...
...Government Responsibility reported to Congress that, despite Executive objections, the law could and should be amended to assure greater access. That critical conclusion found detailed support in an examination of the act in the current Columbia Law Review. Without needed amendments, said Author Gregory Waples, "the statute cannot attain the lofty ideals that mesmerized its drafters...
Until now, the commercial results have surprised eager entrepreneurs by their failure to attain superhit status. It may be that there is less to Bruce's legend than meets the enthusiast...