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...flags fly unmolested every day, even without the protection of law. But on this point we have the testimony of the amendment's chief advocate, American Legion Commander William Detweiler: "If burning the flag is wrong, it is wrong no matter how many times it occurs. In fact, we contend it is a problem even if no one ever burns another flag...
...space station this time as hard as Apollo hit Soyuz back in 1975," says TIME's veteran aerospace watcher Jerry Hannifin. But that may not be an easy task. As the two spacecraft hurtle toward theirscheduled 9 am docking over Central Asia tomorrow, pilot Hoot Gibson will have to contend with a much more difficult linking than in the Apollo-Soyuz maneuver. "The Apollo and Soyuz capsules approached each other straight on," notes Hannifin. "This time, Mir will be stationary while the shuttle comes from underneath. The inertia of two 100-ton objects traveling at 17,500 miles per hour...
...Aaron's emaciated corpse to his parents. Last month a Panguitch, Utah, judge ordered North Star's owners and some of its staff to stand trial later this year on charges of child abuse and operating a program in violation of state licensing standards. Lawyers for the owners contend that Aaron was uncooperative and refused to carry his backpack, thereby depriving himself of food and supplies. "While no one wants to use the word acceptable loss, the fact is Aaron Bacon showed up at North Star with a history of drug use and past involvement in drug sales...
...about 40,000 firearms-related deaths a year, the highest in the world. Not bad for a country that has less than 5% of the globe's population. For this we can thank the "old" N.R.A. And now we have to contend with the venom and hate of the "new" N.R.A. OLLE I. ELGERD Gainesville, Florida...
...ignore that his most passionate attackers make fortunes off the depravity they're protecting. Free speech invokers who say only parents are responsible for policing what their children hear and see overlook that even good parents -- who've never been busier or had a more pervasive pop culture to contend with -- are sometimes too overwhelmed to fight. Bad parents -- and there are millions -- aren't even trying. But we all must share the planet with the kids they're raising badly...