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...Hardin-McKusick match may be the most exciting duel of the cross-country season, but it won't have much bearing on the outcome of the whole meet. In cross-country the point difference between first and second place is the same as between 11th and 12th...
...public, understandably worried by warnings of the increasing dangers from crime, focuses on the issues and incidents which make good newspaper copy or television footage -- the brutal or daring crime; riots; capital punishment; the Supreme Court vs. the police; the skillful duel between counsel in the trial of the big case; the parole board's release of a notorious sex offender. Public officials who work in the system too often lack the knowledge and perspective to be sufficiently self-analytical or radical in their thinking about what they do in the name of administering justice. And, with some notable exceptions...
...January, Thai border police fought a gun duel with 57 Communist terrorists. In July, a Thai army unit, sweeping the region's Route 5, reported killing 18 guerrillas and arresting 140 suspects. A few weeks later, a Thai-Malay patrol moving in Land Rovers through a jungle gorge in southern Thailand's Betong district was ambushed, and ten of its 15 members killed. The attack shocked both Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur into action. Fortnight ago, Malaysian Home Minister Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman and Thailand's Deputy Defense Minister Dawee Chullasapaya sat down in Bangkok...
...Angeles last week, the two friends staged a furious duel that for drama even overshadowed two world record performances - a 17-ft. 6¼-in. pole vault by John Fennel, and a 2-min. 59.6 sec. clocking in the 1,600-meter relay. After nine grueling events, Russ Hodge led Bill Toomey by only 146 points, and Toomey struggled grimly through the 1,500-meter run knowing that he needed to beat Hodge by at least 21 sec. to get enough points to pull ahead. Breaking the tape, he collapsed exhausted on the infield grass and waited for Hodge...
Does anyone ever get a fair trial in court? Though U.S. trials are aimed at discovering the truth and dispensing justice, the parties to the trials are really seeking triumph and justification. The very phrase "adversary system" denotes a bitter duel rather than a disinterested inquiry. Worse, the duelers tend to indulge in trickery, and fight with "make-believe" evidence that often bears scant relation to the facts at issue...