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...heart of the republic" and said the rebels' aim "was clearly to kill the President and her family." Of Honasan's goals, she said, "Let not idealism be used to cover the darkest crimes and ambitions of men whose actions only show their hatred of democracy and their contempt for the lives of others...
Lynda is a force of nature, whirlwinding through a seaside resort in the 1950s. She is one of those rare adolescents whose contempt for bourgeois caution is a kind of hormonal fire storm, too intense to be smothered by conventional explanation or even by unconventional sexual encounters. The most notable of these is with Eric (Tom Bell), who is old enough to be her father but not strong enough to be her mate. Or, in her estimation, the father of her child. Lynda's decision to have the baby may not qualify as a triumph of the human spirit...
...there is no British bill of rights that guarantees press freedom, Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights does. Meanwhile, British newspapers continue to defy the ban. Last week News on Sunday published an excerpt from Spycatcher and was notified that it will be charged with "criminal contempt." Says Editor Brian Whitaker: "In the past, it's been necessary to break the law to defend free speech...
...central lesson is that democracy must beprotected against its friends as well as itsenemies and that the law may be equally violatedwhen people act out of patriotic passion and zealas when they act with contempt and calculateddisrespect and disregard for the politicalprocess...
Many members of Congress argue that pardoning North and Poindexter would display contempt for the justice system and for the idea that Government officials are accountable to the law. Said Stokes: "The President would make a very serious mistake, and I think it would be resented by the American public." But for the President, perhaps the most persuasive argument against a pardon is that it would compromise the presumption of innocence to which North and Poindexter are entitled under the law. "The best thing that could happen now from Ronald Reagan's standpoint would be indictment and acquittal," says...