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...fixed." Even Federal Prosecutor Julio Cesar Strassera, who led the government case against junta leaders two years ago, was quoted by a Spanish newspaper as calling the law an "error" and an "absurdity," adding that "society knows perfectly well what happened during those years." In Buenos Aires, a newspaper cartoon carried the caustic caption "To err is human, to forgive is divine, to approve due obedience is Argentine...
Late-night TV used to offer a simple choice: Johnny Carson or old movies. These days, the indiscriminating viewer gets Midnight Blue on Manhattan Cable's Channel J. One night this month, for instance, you could see sadomasochists play whipsie at the Hellfire Club. You could videotape a pornographic cartoon starring a trio of unflaggingly avid barnyard animals. You could catch perhaps a dozen commercials for call-girl "escort services" and for Steve, a gaunt guy who poses in his undies, gives his pertinent measurements and phone number and caters to all comers. You could hear the show's executive...
...April 27, 1987, The Harvard Crimson inadvertently published a "Spy v Spy" cartoon without permission and without acknowledging that the cartoon is the copyrighted property of E.C. Publications, Inc. The Crimson regrets the error...
Such tactics are not unique to the recent past; generations of Harvard students have fallen victim to "spring fever," tending to engaging in activism as the slush disappears and the weather warms. In the spring of 1952, students rioted to demonstrate their support for Pogo--a popular cartoon character--for President. In 1961, thousands of undergraduates marched on President Pusey's house to protest the College's decision to write diplomas in English...
...editor in chief of Hearst newspapers and one of the founder's two surviving sons, contributes a weekly conservative diatribe to the company's papers, but his involvement is otherwise sporadic; he has been known to phone editors late in the evening to complain about an editorial cartoon or the placement of an ad. What makes the relatively minor role of the Hearstlings in running the shop so intriguing is that they own the store. The family trust holds 100% of the stock, and dividends are distributed only to relatives. Yet only five of the trust's 13 directors...