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Accidents occur in the best of regulated families and notably also in rather evidently unregulated ones such as Harvard's. Thus the proposed award for distinguished public service to Mr. Edwin Meese III. But I do not write to join in the present storm of criticism, tempting as that may be. The problem now, in a popular Washington phrase of our day, is damage control. That cannot be achieved by escape, as was so brilliantly accomplished in the matter of a degree for President Ronald Reagan. Mitigation is now the best hope. To this end I suggest that the wording...
Harvard University produces its share of surprises, but few equal the news that the Kennedy School has awarded a medal for public sevice to Attorney General Edwin Meese...
...past 2 1/2 years that led up to last week's revolution, from Opposition Leader Benigno Aquino's assassination in August 1983 to the emergence of "Cory" Aquino from shy widowhood to the Philippines' highest office. They were joined by Bangkok Bureau Chief James Willwerth and Tokyo Bureau Chief Edwin Reingold in covering the story. Given the magnitude of the country's achievement -- and its daunting problems -- TIME's interest in and coverage of the Philippines is certain to remain intense for decades to come...
...court's latest actions will hardly dampen official antiporn efforts. Indeed, as part of the ongoing work of the Attorney General's Commission on Pornography, Edwin Meese last week approved a new $100,000 study of porn's antisocial impact. But the court did seem to signal what it believes is a constitutional approach. As UCLA Law Professor Henry McGee describes it, the emerging doctrine appears to be "If people want it, they can have it. But they shouldn't subject everyone else...
...SEPTEMBER news conference, Attorney General Edwin Meese III tried to justify the death sentence for minors who commit capital crimes. "You have kids becoming increasingly sophisticated--I suppose largely by watching television--they're just smarter, you know." It "follows" that "a state is justified at imposing a cutoff age for the death penalty at what they think is appropriate," even if this entails the execution of people who are otherwise not held responsible by the law for their actions...