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...many supporters, on the other hand, say that the organization has become a scapegoat for reckless spending in Third World countries. All it is doing, they contend, is calling for needed economic reforms, without which many countries would be financially paralyzed. Says John Williamson, a senior fellow at the Institute for International Economics in Washington: "Right now the fund is more harsh than is desirable, but it is not clear that it has an alternative...
...Dworkin-MacKinnon ordinance is part of a recent trend among feminists, who are critical of pornography and its effects on society's perception of women. Feminists like Dworkin contend that the portrayal of women as submissive sexual objects promotes a degrading attitude toward women that in turn leads to sexual discrimination, harassment, abuse, and rape. They have written articles, staged marches, and given speeches advocating the banning of obscene material because of its damaging effects on women...
Such cases are rare, say funeral industry officials, who argue that their business has been regulated tightly enough at the state level. They contend that itemized funeral price lists, which are required in some states, are already common throughout the U.S. Says David Bohardt, executive director of the National Funeral Directors Association: "What the Government has done is taken the world's largest sledgehammer to kill the smallest ant on record...
...quality or marine life. The cost is approximately half that of onshore destruction. Opponents, however, brand all incinerator craft "leper ships." They point out that six European nations that have burned wastes on North Sea ships for more than a decade are talking about ending the practice. Concerned scientists contend that it may not be possible to maintain the required 2,400° F heat under seagoing conditions. This could allow the escape of dangerous emissions like dioxins. Those poisons would infect fish, opponents say, and eventually human beings through the food chain...
...Didion seems to be laughing at her own romantic yearnings. Her heroine resembles a paper cutout Jackie Kennedy. Inez Christian Victor is the daughter of a rich, mercantile Hawaiian clan and the wife of a dashing Democratic Senator who wants to be President. In her daily life, Inez must contend with a randy husband, his groupies ("Girls like that come with the life") and standard-issue disaffected children (Jessie shoots heroin, Adlai maims people in car crashes). The harsh glare of public scrutiny, it turns out, means that Inez is so frequently photographed that she thinks of most occasions...