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Mack argues that his skeptical coleagues are simply too limited in their thinking. To dismiss an idea because it does not fit in the common notions of reality is unscientific, he says...
...rights, abortion rights) zip right down the slippery slope to cultural relativism and the moral decay of Our Great Nation. You'd have to present yourself as a martyr for defending free speech and then use your well-deserved speech to spout only intolerance. You'd have to dismiss moderate conservatives as sissies, or as closet liberals. You'd have to vehemently deny that you were actually on the fringe...
...argument that while students vacate Cambridge after four years, locals must bear the evils of fast food forever? The truth is that students will be here for years to come as well. Each outgoing crop makes room for a new crowd with a new appetite. Moreover, we can't dismiss student demands so easily. Without students, the Square would...
Asked if he would have Clinton repeat his denial under oath, Bennett stopped short. "That's a very premature question," he said. The Administration is hoping the case will be dismissed before it comes to that. Bennett will argue that the charges were filed too late for the federal statute Clinton is accused of violating. Moreover, Bennett suggested last week that he will move to dismiss the case on grounds that a sitting President cannot be sued on matters that occurred before he took office. Unless the courts buy that argument swiftly, however, Bennett's client...
Some of South Africa's whites fear that their black fellow citizens will visit on them the same codified cruelty they inflicted on the blacks. "Those who have followed our policy generally," Mandela insisted, "will dismiss those rumors without hesitation." No doubt some of the 30 million blacks would savor a taste of revenge, but for now they are a small minority...