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Andrew Cuomo, who serves as HUD's czar for the homeless, is among those who dismiss such ideas. "You can't force people into treatment programs," he says. "It won't work." But Cuomo thinks he understands the roots of the backlash that Hamill represents. "People are afraid, and I think that fear is vented in terms of anger," he says. "They see all these groups that have raised hope by saying they could help, and the situation is worse now than it was 10 years...
...forgetting is not the fault of the victims; it is the fault of the criminals. Certainly, due process must be adhered to. But if society and courts dismiss the accusations based on memory, then they are also dismissing the rights of all children, who are too often seen as helpless and therefore convenient victims; the testimony of psychiatrists and brain researchers, who say that memory can be buried; the possibility that the mind is fluid, better understood by its possessor than by lawyers. And they will be dismissing one of the lessons of Salem, too: that the power structure...
...former municipal judge, who was indicted in September on charges of defrauding the Small Business Administration. Hale, who ran a federally sponsored lending company in Arkansas, claims that in 1985 Clinton and McDougal pressured him into making an improper $300,000 loan to McDougal's wife. White House officials dismiss the allegation, and Hale has admitted that he has no documentation to back...
Clearly, the council does not merit its claim to legitimacy. The interests of the majority of students are not being represented, but rather subverted. Unfortunately, the administration would not dare to summarily dismiss the council. But we should be able to. I believe that a vote is in order...
...cases like these, I think of the teacher on The Simpsons who scolds one particularly pathetic pupil: "The children are right to laugh at you, Ralph." People are right to laugh at The Crimson--or be angry, or disgusted, depending on their mood. Still, in their indignation, people often dismiss the Harvard press as a nuisance, a hassle, an inconvenience. Since Harvard isn't the "real world," it's not so important to have a check on institutional power...