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Dinh said he thought legislation such as the PATRIOT Act remained important following Sept. 11 because a “war on terrorism” required some of the “deference?? traditionally accorded to military bodies to be transferred to U.S. political leadership...

Author: By Nathan J. Heller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Official Defends PATRIOT Act | 3/17/2004 | See Source »

...Timberlake’s most recent, could have been groundbreaking. Barely a generation has passed since the white singer Petula Clarke insisted on touching the arm of black musician Harry Belafonte during a duet on her 1968 NBC special. Despite pressure to cut the segment in “deference?? to (racist) Southern viewers, NBC exercised the good judgment to leave the duet...

Author: By Culture SHOCK N awe, NATHAN BURSTEIN | Title: Lessons from the Boob Tube | 2/13/2004 | See Source »

...court cited its “substantial deference?? to the legislature in making this decision...

Author: By Stephanie M. Skier, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cambridge Loses Redistricting Suit | 4/9/2002 | See Source »

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