Word: commits
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Airport searches operate on an interesting premise: that the government can prevent crime by searching innocent people to make sure that none of them is a criminal, or has the means to commit a crime. The premise, of course, is demonstrably correct, as the absence of hijackings the last 21 months proves. Logically, the government should apply this sound theory of crime prevention to other danger areas. Why not search people going into banks? That would undoubtedly end bank robberies. To prevent both non-violent shoplifting and violent hold-ups, why not search customers in stores and supermarkets? They...
...Cambridge community should know (1) whether the library/museum will or will not be built in Cambridge and what stage the negotiations are at; (2) what citizens can do to prevent the building of the library/museum and the onslaught of tourism it will bring. Political and monetary power can commit quiet outrages unless the public is informed and can act to defend its own interests. S.M. Smith
...Ehrlichman's emergence as the Administration's domestic-policy boss. Now Ehrlichman's lawyers were expected to claim that Haldeman had worked deviously with Nixon to mislead their client about some of the 45 overt acts cited by the prosecution as part of a conspiracy to "commit offenses against the United States" and to obstruct justice. Mitchell, who never really trusted the palace pair, had learned from the Watergate transcripts that they had plotted with Nixon to make him the scapegoat in the 1972 wiretap-burglary of Democratic National Committee headquarters...
Questioned closely about how he would use Executive privilege, Rockefeller said that he would be inclined to oppose a President's refusing to let his aides testify on the Hill on nonsecurity matters. But again, he prudently declined to commit himself in advance. He explained, "If Congress decided to abuse this-the other side of the coin-it could make the management of the Government virtually impossible...
...murder as a felony. Hence prosecutors had to settle for a common-law rule under which it is only a misdemeanor. Maximum penalty: one year and $1,000. The trial is scheduled for Oct. 21. Ironically, a new Florida judicial code effective next July will make solicitation to commit a felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison...