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Five years ago, however, notes found in the National Archives persuaded Hirabayashi to reopen the case. In a 1942 report, the Army commander who ordered the massive relocation argued that it was not feasible to separate the "sheep from the goats" and distinguish loyal Japanese Americans. The relocation, in other words, was based on race, not urgency. The War Department ordered that racially prejudiced reasoning amended, and never revealed the original report. In essence, ruled Federal Judge Donald Voorhees last week, the U.S. lied, and he overturned Hirabayashi's conviction...
...like a warlord in Antique, wielding political patronage with his connections in the ruling party and the power he has amassed under Marcos. Opponents say he has ensured his power through alliances with the legitimate armed forces and ties to less reputable mercenaries known locally as goons. "We cannot distinguish between goons and the military here," said one provincial official afraid to have his name used. "Pacificador controls them all." A Marcos defeat was seen as a threat to such dominance...
...perquisites available to the women, but nothing of vital interest; the women, Radcliffe authorities (rather more than Radcliffe students) insist, profit greatly. Our national social history gives us plentiful reason to look askance at such groupings, but our political heritage should insulate us from the mistake of failing to distinguish between legitimate and illegitimate forms of free association...
Dershowitz recounts a conversation he had with a "young man" going to the game who conceded: "You win, I can't distinguish between a South African and Soviet team...
...Soviet Union. Aside from the tasteless ad hominem nature of these pieces, and their failure to draw any distinction between the Salient and the Republican and Conservative clubs, they all display fundamental ignorance of the issues at hand. To begin with, the Crimson writers can not seem to distinguish between the national security policies and the human rights policies of the U.S. government. We have thousands of warheads pointed at the Soviet Union to defend ourselves, not to push for the release of Andrei Sakharov. Our adversarial relationship with the Soviets is not due to the mere existence...