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...sent a military delegation to Cuba to inform Fidel about our proposals and get his consent. Castro gave his approval. We wanted to do the whole thing in secret. Our security organs assured us this was possible even though American planes overflew Cuban territory all the time. Supposedly, the palm trees would keep our missiles from being seen from the air. We installed the missiles aboveground because silos would have required too much time to build and we believed there was not much time before the Americans invaded. It was our intention after installing the missiles to announce their presence...
Some purists, even if they accept that values affect a judge's interpretation of the Constitution, maintain that nominees should not be rejected based on their politics so long as they are intellectually competent. But the Constitution does require the Senate give its "advice and consent" to all court nominations--and that is justification enough to reject a nominee based on politics...
During the campaign, Dixon frequently attacked bloat in the District's 47,000-member public work force, vowing to fire 2,000 managerial-level employees to offset the city's projected $93 million deficit. She may have trouble delivering on her promise, which would require the consent of the D.C. city council. That body could include none other than Marion Barry, who is running as an independent for a council seat in November...
...Throughout his relatively undistinguished career as lieutenant governor and, later, attorney general, Bellotti has chosen his positions with one hand measuring the winds of public opinion and the other covering his behind. In one of the most monumental flip-flops of Massachusetts politics, Bellotti--who brought a landmark parental consent case to the Supreme Court that would have severely restricted access to abortions--now says he supports the right to choose. And in a double flip-flop, Bellotti started his political career in 1964 as a supporter of the death penalty, then briefly opposed it, and now supports it again...
...creatures of his sleeping world with the images of his waking world. They are, after all, products of the same sensibility. The rhythms of his editing and his staging are serene -- hypnotically so. His is not to shock us into surrendering to his visions but to seduce our consent to them. And this he does in one of the most lucid dreamworks ever placed on film...