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...West for development. National Audubon Society President Russell Peterson charged that Watt's "actions and statements identify him as an aggressive, shortsighted exploiter rather than a far-sighted protector of the nation's air, land and water." But the Senators found the criticism easy to disregard. Moreover, Watt seemed to impress them with his conciliatory tone and forthright expressions of love for the land that he will manage. Said he: "I was born, raised and educated on the plains of Wyoming at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. I know the grandeur and beauty of open space...
Unfortunately, there is very little suspense between the death scenes, and far more exposition of the obvious than anyone needs. Horror, as a genre, has lately become the province of functionaries who disregard such niceties as motivations, explanations and, for the most part, production values. It seems significant that The Awakening's only credible performer is young Stephanie Zimbalist, who throws herself zestfully into the part of a girl mysteriously possessed, but gamely fighting her lethal impulses. All others look badly in need of alarm clocks. Audiences will share that need...
Speaking to a delegation from the Central Council of Jews in Germany, which represents the country's 30,000 Jews, he said "The innocent victims (of the Nazi holocaust) in Germany and in other countries...are tragic proof of where discrimination and disregard of human dignity can lead, especially when animated by perverse theories and ideas about the difference in value of the races...
...twentieth century has shown us that a hollow and wholly perfunctory attachment to the procedures of humane government often defines authoritarian regimes. The pseudo-legalistic cant of their officials usually reveals nothing so much as a cynical, even barbaric disregard for the substance of a civilized legal system. Ambassador Barros' attempt to drape the mantle of due process over his regime has confirmed this dismaying truth...
...Crimson's wanton disregard for the derelict fallout from these undocumented statements made by a Harvard professor reknowned for his "shoddy" research (i.e. his foreign students study) and belonging to a department that is presently being investigated by the U.S. Government for its failure to comply with affirmative action policies cannot be tolerated. The Crimson, as usual, has traded integrity and journalistic balance for sensationalist effect...