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...Dole had only one move to make in 1995--a shift to the right side of the road. For the close circle around Dole, the question was not whether to flank Phil Gramm, but how soon and by how much. Dole knew the truth of Nixon's dictum: run hard to starboard in the primaries; tack back to the center for the general. The trick, Dole understood, was not getting out so far that he couldn't make it back to safety...
...potential lawyer, I am often loathe to admit one important aspect of legal work. Essentially, the world would be a more pleasant place if lawyers weren't necessary. This dictum applies not only to ambulance-chasers, but to the most altruistic public interest attorneys; all of them work within the context of unfortunate or troubling circumstances. The occupation resides within an essentially broken world; the pursuit of justice is only occasioned by inequity...
There was more to the manifestation in Washington than Farrakhan. But what did it mean? Is there an articulable meaning in the numbers and energy? Was the Million Man March a Woodstock of black American manhood--a vivid but perishable spectacle? A protest without a program, the dictum has it, is mere sentimentality. Or was the march a turning point, a moment of moral lift-off, a Great Awakening? And would there be, down the road when nothing changes, another Great Disillusioning...
...Chinese censor knows these pictures are salable products elsewhere, so even if he bans them at home he allows them to be shown in festivals and commercially abroad. This is the new dictum in China: dissident citizens are exiled; dissident films are exported. Says Chen, whose Concubine was shown cut at home and whose 1991 Life on a String has yet to be released there: "I am a Chinese director who finds himself making films for the international market...
...Connor and Scalia signed on. How much further will the conservatives go? Their rulings on race, the commerce clause and church-state separation are open invitations to more litigation--and more struggles for that fifth vote. As chief guidance officer of the liberal wing, William Brennan had a famous dictum: "Five votes can do anything around here.'' Year after year, he bundled together 5-to-4 liberal majorities. In January a frail-looking Brennan sat on the sidelines to hear oral arguments in Adarand, this term's affirmative-action case. When a 5-to-4 ruling came down, another conservative...