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If this prediction proves correct, nobody will be quicker to sound the alarm than Congress. Both Houses passed legislation earlier this year to "codify" the fairness doctrine, but President Reagan vetoed it as "antagonistic to the freedom of expression." Congressional backers of the doctrine are preparing to try again, and...
At times too the Administration turned to secrecy for operations it could have conducted openly. Congressman McCurdy recalls asking Jonas Savimbi, the leader of anti-Marxist guerrillas in Angola, whether he desired open or covert aid. Savimbi replied that he wanted the clearest possible expression of American support, so in...
Apostrophes (the name comes from both the punctuation mark and the word for a rhetorical statement) is so successful at boosting book sales in France that Pivot reigns as the most influential literary figure in the country. "Ask a publisher or bookstore owner what it would be like without Pivot...
On the subject of unpleasant expression, Reagan has said no such thing. Indeed, he has exerted all his political suasion to put the Humpty-Dumpty of traditional morality back together again. His Administration has aligned itself with Fundamentalist vigilantes, and it created a commission that studied and in 1986 condemned...
It began at the peep show. One of the first movies -- an 1890s record of the belly dancer Fatima's dance -- stoked demands for its suppression. As the American cinema grew from fairground fad to worldwide obsession, it seasoned its content for the broadest tastes: no nudity, no naughty words...