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James Madison, who did so much to write into our Government its elaborate system of checks and balances, would have managed a smile. "Ambition must be made to counteract ambition," he wrote in 1788. "In framing a Government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the Government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself...
...states have passed laws that allow pharmacists to substitute a generic equivalent for a brand-name prescription unless the doctor specifically forbids it. In Florida, druggists are required to tell customers how much they will save by using generic products. To counteract these laws, the brand-name companies encourage doctors to write "dispense as written" or "no substitution" on their prescriptions. In addition, the big firms try to give their pills distinctive shapes and trademarks. Hoffmann-La Roche's Valium tranquilizer tablets, for example, have a V carved in the center. The company hopes that when Valium...
While it is possible that Updike does not entirely share the Manichean simplicity of this witch's views, he does nothing to counteract the reductionist view of virtue as the lack of strength. The reader feels that Updike's vision although concerned with goodness, does little to characterize just what comprises and defeats...
...election day, true to form, bottles of acetone, designed to counteract specially ordered indelible ink, appeared in some precincts; officials' relatives were seen voting five times in others. In Quezon City, 23,000 squatters were threatened with relocation unless they voted for the K.B.L.; in Manila some K.B.L. voters were rewarded with envelopes containing around $130. Tragically, the pandemonium of election week also resulted in 109 deaths, mostly caused by clashes involving guerrillas of the Communist New People's Army...
...Supreme Court last week reached a decision allowing cities to display Nativity scenes, after considering whether minority interests would be impaired. At the same time, the Senate began debate on a constitutional amendment to counteract the Supreme Court's 1962 decision on school prayer, which had come into being only because of a perceived infringement of minority rights. That these matters are hurled about the court would seem to suggest they are legal puzzles dealing with the First and 14th Amendments. But the issue also involves human feelings. When a member of a minority loses a sense of belonging...