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...that freedom does not always lead to the clearest statements. Today, she insists, fashion has become a Tower of Babel: "The BBC cameraman who buys his gear when on assignment in the States, and the American lady executive whose clothes were made in Italy, are in a sense imaginary citizens of Los Angeles and Rome, and may be expected to manifest some of the traits associated with these cities." Of course, some people simply do not care what their apparel says about them: ''An article may be worn because it is warm or rainproof or handy to cover...
...Harvard astronomers are now interpreting data from Voyager II, the unmanned space satellite whose voyage they helped plan. Voyager II passed by Saturn in late August, sending back to earth the clearest pictures ever taken of the ringed planet...
Wildmon says he would welcome strange bedfellows. "If the A.C.L.U. wanted to cooperate with us in this television area," he says, "I'd be tickled to death." His rationale for the sponsor boycott is simple: "The clearest expression of the First Amendment is the right of a person to spend his money where he so desires. The networks can show what they want. Sponsors can sponsor what they want. It's the marketplace taking care of itself...
...clearest sign of paradise lost is the state's crime rate. Between 1976 and 1980, murders climbed 53%, rape 61% and robbery 55%. Among 18 U.S. cities with a population of 500,000 to 1 million, Honolulu ranked fifth in larceny and ninth in car thefts last year. State officials last week reported that crime was down 8.1% for the first quarter of 1981, compared with the same period in 1980, but the dip hardly dents the growth of the problem in recent years. Admits Deputy Chief of Police Harold Falk Jr.: "Honolulu is no longer some isolated South...
...squabbling between Haig and the President's top aides, the Secretary had stopped trying to assert his prerogatives and had started pledging to be a team player. Reagan's enthusiastic welcome home, accompanied by a pointedly symbolic "photo opportunity" of the two men posing, was the clearest signal yet that Haig's new-found deference has probably saved...