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...executed. But eminent scholars do support two basic reforms. For one thing, prosecutors should not be allowed to bring conspiracy charges when the plot has been carried out and the participants can be prosecuted for the very crime they conspired to commit. Second, critics like Yale's Goldstein contend that conspiracy law should be more compatible with the more explicit law of attempts. Under that doctrine, an illegal act must be close to consummation before it is deemed an attempted crime. Thus Goldstein would make conspiracy a criminal matter only when the conspirators have carried their agreement...
Prolonged Sacrifices. Both authors contend that one of Castro's earliest mistakes was setting up incorrect goals and improper procedures. "An encircled country like Cuba could not permit herself the luxury of gradual progress," admits Karol. "Sacrifices that have been [too] prolonged have become unbearable for the people today," says Dumont...
Squibb Beech-Nut Inc. is test-marketing a dime pack of its famous Life Savers. To justify the increase, company officials contend that they have improved the product. They no longer will have mere flavors, but "super flavors"-23 kinds selected from 700 recipes that were tried out on volunteer suckers. Customers may have a hard time noticing it, but each Life Saver will weigh 10% more. "We've reduced the size of the hole," says James Welsh, Beech-Nut's public relations director...
...addition to facing potential opponents in the Senate, Nixon must contend with Carl Albert on the other side of the Capitol. Albert is in one way the more formidable adversary, since he is free of any presidential ambitions of his own. Nixon has already predicted privately that Albert will be "much tougher" to deal with than Mc-Cormack was. The President had a personal word for Albert on television before his State of the Union message, whispering with a grin, as the assembled officials applauded, "they like you!" As Nixon noted, the two have known and respected each other ever...
...Administration disagreed and turned down Moscow's plan. White House strategists contend that the Soviets are merely trying to get rid of Safeguard on the cheap. The Russians, they claim, fret that the ABM can be upgraded from a shield for individual silos into a defense for much wider areas against a Soviet counterstrike. That would enable the U.S. to launch a first strike against the Soviet Union with less fear of retaliation, upsetting the nuclear "balance of terror...