Word: discussion
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Carter staffers are pressed to discuss campaign problems, most list the money shortage and difficulties presented by the new federal election laws rather than internal divisions. The new laws have caused general confusion about what kinds of organizations can do what sorts of things on Carter's behalf. Labor unions, for instance, must closely adhere to federal standards about soliciting votes. Supervising adherence to the laws has become one of the campaign's chief responsibilities...
...Swedish authorities were also investigating the activities of the North Koreans; at week's end. Ambassador Kil and several members of his staff were recalled to Pyongyang to "discuss" the smuggling charges...
Chief Judge David Bazelon, long a pioneer in civil rights decisions, prescribed that a defense attorney must at least discuss a client's rights with him, outline "fully" the possible trial tactics and conduct all "appropriate investigations." Perhaps such rules would not be necessary, said Bazelon, "if all defense attorneys had the skill and experience of a Clarence Darrow. We do not live in that kind of world, however." Bazelon then reversed the 1970 robbery conviction of Willie DeCoster Jr. because his lawyer had not interrogated some witnesses who might have backed the defendant's story...
...would have hoped that one could discuss the scientific or artistic accomplishments of a person without reference to his political views. One can admire Solzhenitsyn's or Bellow's novels without embracing the Slavonophilic views of the first or the pro-Israeli view of the second. Nor should Friedman's views on Rhodesia (mistaken in my opinion) stand in the way of recognizing his scientific contributions to economics. That the latter have been extensive and significant is not really disputable (cf. Samuelson's column in the current issue of Newsweek...
Amnesty International members from the Boston area listened yesterday to the new national chairman discuss the role of the United States chapter in the fight against opporession of human rights...