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...suppressing PC movement supposedly sweeping through the Kremlin on the Charles. Conversely, Webb is not representative of some insidious, speech-suppressing anti-PC movement. Selvaratnam and Webb are extremists. They represent no one but themselves. Reasonable conservatives (It's true! They exist! And we admit it!) do not automatically dismiss opposing positions as mere "PC bullshit" without giving them a fair hearing. Reasonable liberals do not throw around irresponsible, trumped-up charges of racism, sexism, homophobia, "ageism," "ableism," imperialism, militarism, "Eurocentrism" or "phallocentrism" to silence their intellectual opponents...
...violence" in late May, but the A.N.C. has declared it will boycott the meeting. The A.N.C. alleges that security forces side with the Zulus in the fighting, often leaving A.N.C. members to be slaughtered by Inkatha supporters, and has set a May 9 deadline for the government to dismiss the two Cabinet ministers responsible for security matters and to stop the bloodshed. The A.N.C. says it will withdraw from all talks on the country's future if this deadline is not met, but De Klerk maintained last week that he would not allow the process of reform to be sabotaged...
State law only requires that grand juries hear first-degree murder cases; in other investigations, prosecutors decide whether to make charges directly, dismiss cases or go to a grand jury...
...known about the president's behind-the-scenes diplomatic posturing. It was appropriate to keep the ongoing initiative out of the public eye. If Schwarzkopf had told PBS on January 15 that the air offensive was slated to begin the next day, Bush would have been right to dismiss...
...wave of layoffs last week provided fresh evidence of just how vulnerable jobs can be. CBS said its profits fell 73% in the first quarter, to $23.3 million, and announced plans to dismiss 400 workers. In Boston GTE said slack defense spending meant layoffs for 500 of its workers at a unit that makes military communications equipment. Grumman said the slowdown will force it to cut 1,900 jobs. In Baltimore, insurer USF&G said it will reduce its work force by 1,900 positions...