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...powerful precedent the traditional division between state and federal law. The states, shamed and intimidated by the federal fiat, had little choice but to ignore any of their own laws that differed from it. In the same area, the Supreme Court's one-man-one-vote decision freed state legislatures from the hard and ancient grip of rural domination. But for all that, in a nation that embraces a bewildering diversity of sects and sections, there are a great many national problems that do not lend themselves to a single, unbending national solution...
...they failed to find molecules of deuterium hydride in the cylinder-no matter how long the gases had been exposed to the light. At this particular wave length, it seemed clear, the deuterium atoms had not been given enough velocity to split the hydrogen molecules and combine with the freed hydrogen atoms...
...Since they have gone right on living together, it is presumed that they have persisted in their crime beyond the cutoff date. If Ponti and his pals find that less than pleasing, they are no angrier than the cops who have to go out and catch many of the freed offenders all over again. They also have to deal with a new crime wave every time an amnesty is even considered. To be sure, current offenders do not qualify for the amnesty, but they act as if they think they do. Evidently Italians who do not obey...
...from being freed, as the detective had promised, Danny, Grace and Chan were all indicted for murder. Under Illinois law, Danny's admission made each as culpable as if each had admitted pulling the trigger. Grace was later acquitted for lack of clear links to the crime, and the charges against Chan were dropped. As for Danny, although he recanted his statement, the trial judge ruled it voluntary, dismissed his handcuffing as "ordinary police procedure," and sentenced him to 20 years...
...that he is transmitting valuable military information. But after the war, the U.S. military establishment disowns him. After keeping this secret for 15 cataleptic years, Howard hardly believes it himself, and surrenders to stand trial in Israel as a war criminal. At length Washington relents, and Howard is freed. Yet freedom is the last thing he wants. A private hero and a public traitor, a pawn sacrificed to patriotism, he sentences himself to death "for crimes against himself." Author Vonnegut's writing style is a long way from Parnassus; the satire sometimes vanishes in polemic...