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...political activist who thinks of himself as a philosopher-statesman. His public speeches frequently sound like university lectures. First elected Prime Minister in 1968, partly because of his Kennedy-like charismatic appeal, he has seldom been far from the front pages, some of which he would prefer to have avoided???most notably those recounting the stormy breakup last spring of the marriage to his young, attractive wife Margaret...
...occasion seemed so indecisive as to leave confusion in the wake of crucial opinions. When it ruled against capital punishment?an emotional issue that even the Warren Court had avoided???the vote was 5 to 4 and each Justice wrote a separate opinion. Partly as a result, half the states have drafted new statutes (still untested) reviving the death penalty...
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