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...plight, and of the jottings about children and poodles that constituted the lion's share of the released documents, Rolf said he deplored the methods and madness of the doctor, but could not condemn him. "I don't support my father," he said, "but I don't want to betray him either...
...authorities tried to pinpoint the losses and pursue other leads, the nation struggled with the disturbing implications of the Walker case and other recent spy arrests. Suddenly, ordinary Americans seemed all too willing to betray their country, not for ideology, as in Stalin's early days, but for money, prestige and thrills. The Walker fiasco also made the U.S. acutely aware of its growing vulnerability to spies. More Soviet agents are operating in the U.S. than ever before, and the number of military and technological secrets is growing exponentially. Says Retired Admiral Bobby Inman, former director of the National Security...
...family comedies as Leave It to Beaver and Father Knows Best, The Cosby Show has amazingly little feel for--or even much interest in--the concerns of children. In the rare instances when the series deals with a serious issue facing youngsters, it falls back on sentimental contrivances that betray a tin ear for the way real children talk and act. On one episode, the Huxtables find a marijuana cigarette in their son Theo's school book. He claims the joint is not his; his parents believe him and consider the case closed. But Theo is not satisfied at this...
...statements released by Dean Fox and Vice-President Steiner this evening betray a profound ignorance of the reasons for the protest that occured. Their blanket approval of the conduct of the University Police is particularly disturbing in light of the officer, obvious use of excessive force against non-violent demonstrators. Also extremely disturbing was the Harvard Police's use of untrained students and non-Harvard security agents to act on the Police's behalf, using force against Harvard students...
...Auschwitz, has written that "our language lacks words to express this offense, the demolition of a man." When we write of radical evil in the world, we can record the details of its existence, the facts about its operation, but we cannot translate the darkness itself. More words betray...