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...presence of a TV camera -- one in plain sight, that is -- can help keep police on their best behavior. And it inhibits suspects from getting violent, some officers contend. TV cameras can also help prosecutors later on. David Magnusson, a former street cop for Greater Miami's Metro-Dade police who now works in the department's press office, recalls a man arrested for dope possession who stuffed his stash in his mouth and swallowed it. Knowing his actions had been taped by a Cops crew, however, he pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence...
That remains a strong possibility, since many economists doubt that the recovery will have much staying power. They contend that unseasonably warm winter weather artificially boosted housing and stimulated consumer spending. At the same time, they note, Administration gimmicks like the acceleration of federal payments to veterans and health-care facilities will taper off sharply this fall. "Most likely the economy will worsen again later this year or in early 1993," write David Levy and S. Jay Levy of the Jerome Levy Economic Institute at Bard College. "Unfortunately, the positive effect of these stimulative actions will be short-lived...
Unfortunately, it will have to contend with Boston University, which has created what Captain Amy Constable termed "a mini-dynasty...
...understand that organized responses to racism are often appropriate, that people have the right to speak or respond to speech however they like and that political evil is not always resolvable by open-minded dialogue. I applaud the university for supporting diverse student and administrative organizations to help people contend with difficult and hurtful situations; I think it could do more still...
MacKinnon, Dworkin and the A.C.L.U. all have qualms about the Senate's so- called Bundy bill, although for different reasons. The two feminists contend that since the proposed legislation narrowly bans only "obscenity" -- which is not protected by the First Amendment, courts have ruled -- this restriction may prove to be legally counterproductive. "If pornography is excessively violent," Dworkin explains, "very often a jury will find that it's not obscene because it's not sexually arousing...