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...first time since the end of the civil war that toppled right-wing Dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle in 1979, the Sandinistas are being seriously challenged by armed groups of Nicaraguans who originally supported the revolution but who have become disillusioned with the regime's strident Marxism, its disregard for individual rights and its increasing dependence on Cuba and the Soviet Union. The contras say they are fighting to fulfill the revolution's original goals: political pluralism, individual liberties and a mixed economy...
Unlike most American executives, who are often criticized for trying to boost short-run profits at the expense of long-range investment, Herbert Kohler can afford to disregard the short-term bottom line. His family and relatives own or control 90% of the Kohler stock. While the typical U.S. company reinvests 60% of its earnings, Chairman Kohler claims to put 90% of his profits back into the firm...
...narcotics agents who had entered a New York City couple's apartment without a warrant were subject to personal liability suits. In subsequent rulings, the court limited the immunity enjoyed by state officials-and then U.S. Cabinet officers-by denying them protection if their actions were taken in disregard of the law or with malicious intent. Last week the Justices had an opportunity to chip away further at official immunity in a major case involving former President Richard Nixon. They held back, however. By a 5-to-4 vote, they ruled that Presidents retain absolute immunity as long...
...which we escape into our real life - our dream life." Herzog should know: he was one of 35,000 dreamers at the 35th Cannes Film Festival. For 13 days on the cool but sunny Côte d'Azur, fantasies of art and avarice were spun with blithe disregard for events in the waking world outside. On the façade of the town's posh Carlton Hotel, an electronic ticker tape mixed bulletins from the Malouines (Falklands) with screening schedules for the night's new films. While two movies about political prisoners -Costa-Gavras' Missing...
...rise in the power of political action committees (P.A.C.s) is alarming. The result is a breakdown of the democratic process in which rich minorities buy votes and elections with total disregard for the rest of America. Ironically, Congress continues to wonder why the public views it with contempt...