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Judge Sirica refused to explain why he had freed the trio. Typically, he would only say: "I did what I thought was right. The orders will have to speak for themselves." But TIME has learned some of the factors that Sirica considered. They included his belief that the three had been sufficiently punished for their Watergate transgressions, their cooperation with prosecutors, the lack of any move by the special prosecutor's staff to oppose early release, and Kalmbach's weeping at the trial, which dramatized the personal tragedy inflicted upon those caught up in the scandal...
...Sixth Amendment is most explicit: "In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy ... trial." Defense lawyers and hard-nosed cops alike support the principle, in theory at least. The innocent get freed faster, the guilty get put away faster, and the community has a better sense of the quid pro quo of punishment for crime...
...opening program, however, should be taken with a grain of patience. In the next episode, freed from the obligation to pump out basic information, Bronowski is off to Jericho and an examination of agriculture as the basis for civilization. This is one of those undramatic notions whose miraculous qualities have faded with familiarity. Bronowski restores the vital and mysterious dimension with a simple tactic. He precedes his superb little essay on the domestication of wheat and animals in Jericho with a study of the Bakhtiari nomads of Iran, whose endless search for pasturage precludes the development of any culture worthy...
...Congress for tax cuts totaling between $10 billion and $15 billion. The measure would include increasing the investment tax credit for business and raising the personal exemption for individual taxpayers. In addition, the low-income allowance would be raised to enlarge the number of low-income workers freed from any tax liability...
CHEMICALS. When domestic demand evaporated last winter, factory output was freed for export...