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Principally, they stem from what New Rightists call her "drastic amending" of a bill that would have banned adult bookstores within a one-mile radius of schools and parks. O'Connor altered the restriction to 4,000 feet, but she clearly had no desire to corrupt youth. One possible motive: getting state law to conform with federal statutes, thus reducing the possibility of court challenges...
...well. Perhaps Congressmen really will be reluctant to wage war if their sons will be dying. But there's another side of this--the memory of General Hershey's declaration that the best use of the draft was for "indoctrination" of young men before liberalizing forces like college could corrupt them. Similar worries--and not blind pacifism--motivate many on the left who oppose the draft or the shoring up of our military...
...been arrested at his own wedding several weeks before. As an indomitable opponent of the Shah, Soltanpour had been tortured for his views by the SAVAK, the imperial secret police. At his summary trial last week, Soltanpour told Gilani that he regarded the Islamic Republic as a reactionary and corrupt regime that would soon be "crushed by the people it has betrayed." Gilani sentenced him to death as a "crusader against...
...serious task for his mother: he kept the volatile Congress Party in line. Since his death, dissent has begun to bubble in party ranks. Rajiv, at least outwardly, seems less adapted to playing pointman for his mother, but he starts his new career with two big advantages: by the corrupt standards of Indian political life, he is Mr. Clean, and Congress Party members will not dare challenge his authority if they want to remain on the good side of Indira Gandhi...
...clothes at J.C. Penney. The presidency is a form of national theater; even in difficult times, Americans may still like to see a little sumptuousness there, in the same way they like to see Fred Astaire movies during their depressions. The trick is to be impressive without looking either corrupt or ridiculous. Richard Nixon's Graustarkian palace guard uniforms got him caught on the second point...