Word: beginnings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Things did not go well during Strauss's two-hour meeting on Friday with Israeli Premier Menachem Begin. On the matter of most concern to the U.S., how to draw the Palestinians into the current talks on autonomy for the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Begin reiterated his country's position that there must be neither change nor dilution of the Camp David accords...
...Administration set to work trying to soothe Israeli anxieties, which of course, are shared by many American Jews. The President telephoned Menachem Begin to congratulate him on his 66th birthday. He invited Israeli Ambassador Ephraim Evron to the White House for a working lunch. He assured the Israelis that American policy toward their country had not changed...
...Getting cases out of court that should not be there to begin with. Some argue that no-fault auto insurance can help clear the civil courts by eliminating many lengthy personal injury suits. Decriminalizing so-called victimless crimes, such as vagrancy, drunkenness, gambling and marijuana possession ?often randomly enforced?would ease the strain on criminal courts. Perhaps the most promising alternative is to arbitrate or mediate disputes rather than take them straight to court. Neighborhood justice centers set up by the justice department in Atlanta, Kansas City and Los Angeles have worked well, informally settling disputes like neighborhood squabbles...
That is a convincing argument for getting better judges to begin with. In about half the states, most judges are elected. The rationale has always been that voters should have a say in choosing the people who resolve their disputes and enforce public law. But most voters do not know much about the candidates for whom they are voting. A Texas poll in 1976 found that only 2% could even remember the names of the county judges on the ballot. A campaign for office is an inexact gauge of how a judge will behave if elected. New York Court...
...society as a whole. Set entirely in a lovely 13th century oratory, the film ostensibly describes the rehearsal of an unnamed piece by the late film composer Nino Rota. But very quickly Fellini bends his dramatic situation into a cautionary tale about the dangers of anarchy. The musicians begin by goofing off and refusing to play together; then they break into open, violent revolt against their German conductor (played by Bald win Baas); finally they calm down and accept their leader's authority. The film's ominous finale shows the conductor barking Hitler-like commands...