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...forgotten. Today is the age of megamuck and a more sophisticated breed of raker. With the exception of Watergate, the corrective campaigns of S.S. McClure's magazine, where Steffens and his colleagues launched their crusades, have been largely institutionalized. Now the work is done by civic-action groups-like Ralph Nader and his teams of faceless young researchers-as well as by lawyers, governmental agencies and the courts...
...womb of the supercharged, fuel-injected future, the first bar of justice for alleged lawbreakers is quaintly called, in a reminiscence of 14th century England, Recorder's Court. Little beyond its name is Chaucerian. Until recently it was a paradigm of judicial systems crumbling under the burden of civic decay. Justin Ravitz, now a judge of Recorder's Court, once described it as "the cesspool of the legal world...
...civic leaders refused to proceed with the hearing unless a representative from GSA, Maguire's employer, attended. "Because GSA hired Maguire and is ultimately responsible for the conduct of the firm and the study, it is important for the GSA to send a representative," Oliver Brooks, chairman of the task force, said...
Through its attorney, Gerald Gillerman, the task force told the government that civic leaders considered Maguire's integrity and this hearing important. The GSA backed down the next day and agreed to send a representative to the hearing, rescheduled for 7:30 p.m. next Tuesday at City Hall...
...civic groups--including Gay Media Action, the Sierra Club, and the American Friends Service Committee--say that Cambridge needs a public service format more than it needs religious broadcasting...