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Occasional cases involve outright judicial pique. California Superior Court Judge Bernard Kamins defied the logic of the state shield law, which bars judges from finding reporters in contempt for protecting a source, when Richard Serrano of the Los Angeles Times would not say how he got a secret report about the notorious videotaped police beating of Rodney King. In May, Kamins imposed a $1,500-a-day fine, later much reduced, claiming the punishment was not for contempt but for refusal to expose who violated Kamins' gag order...
More and more shoppers have awakened to the scope of the deception and reacted with disgust and contempt for product labels. Fully 40% of consumers claim they are highly skeptical of what they read on the packages in their grocery carts. And medical experts see a distinct danger in the muddled messages. "For someone with chronic heart disease, hypertension or diabetes, the current manufacturers' labels can be downright dangerous," says Gail Levey, a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association. People with high blood pressure, for example, should be wary of falling for Stouffer's Lean Cuisine, which proudly boasts "Never...
About 90% of the White House staff is in muted rebellion against Sununu. Members of Congress with few exceptions are in open contempt. The power establishment in the capital doesn't want Sununu around. Some Republican Party donors are talking about buttoning up their wallets if Sununu remains in office. Having an abominable no-man in the presidential apparatus can be a virtue, but there often comes a moment when firing the fellow is even more of a virtue -- perhaps a necessity...
When Pope John Paul II last toured Poland in 1987, he was greeted by cheering throngs eager to demonstrate both the depth of their Roman Catholic faith and their contempt for the communist regime in Warsaw. Last week John Paul paid his first visit to his homeland since the collapse of communist rule. This time the crowds were smaller and more muted, while the Pope's message was aimed not at repression but at the danger of unchecked freedom...
PROMPTED by AALARM's recent postering campaign, the Coordinating Council of Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel last Thursday condemned AALARM's "implied contempt for homosexuals and all attacks on homosexual members of the undergraduate community...