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...members of the Ghana, the Navy's bombardment of Kahoolawe symbolizes what has happened to the Hawaiian islands and the native culture. Explains Walter Ritte, 32, of the latest expedition: "By bombing and shelling continually, the U.S. Government shows the same contempt for our land and inalienable rights as it did in 1898 [when the islands were annexed]." Ghana was founded four years ago on the neighboring island of Molokai to lead a fight for more public beaches, but the organization quickly spread through the islands and shifted to the much broader purpose of redressing native Hawaiians' political...
...that one life more or less would mean anything in the perverse world of this film). They are struggling instead for a large bonus on their paychecks; on their success depends only the job of the oil company's local manager, a fat unprincipled man for whom we feel contempt, at best...
...quite nothing. Burly Christian Democratic Leader Helmut Kohl, who opposed Schmidt in last October's election, has proved to be an ineffectual performer in the Bundestag, unsure of his tactics, unable to exploit the government's mistakes and weaknesses. Kohl must also cope with the open contempt and sideline sniping of right-leaning Franz Josef Strauss, chief of the Bavarian-based Christian Social Union. Strauss believes that Kohl is too weak and not conservative enough. A number of Christian Democrats agree with the first of these charges, but they are unlikely to change leaders so soon after last...
...hyped-up names, take some time to master, much less understand. But a snack that hits the spot on one day is likely to do so every day, thanks to tight control of quality and portion size by the large chains. Familiarity with fast food does not, apparently, breed contempt...
From 1970 to 1973, agents of the Justice Department's Internal Security Division (since abolished) convened an estimated 100 grand juries in 80 cities in pursuit of assorted radicals, including associates of Daniel Ellsberg, Phillip Berrigan and Abbie Hoffman. Actual convictions were rare-but jail terms for contempt of the grand jury (refusal to answer questions) were not. Complaints about federal grand jury abuse have not been confined to the left, however. Last week General Motors Corp. Attorney George Moscarino accused IRS agents of abusing the system by summoning GM employees before a Detroit grand jury on what...