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...Jews, Chinese, Indians, Catholics and so on. Some reformers urge another method: racial quotas. They might be held unconstitutional if applied to jury selection, and almost certainly would be unwise. White jury commissioners could still control the system, and perhaps select only compliant or ultraconservative blacks. They might be harsher on black defendants than white jurors would...
...danger began when hordes of bustards collided with jets darting off the runway. In 1967, they caused a loss of $1,500,000 in damaged aircraft. The Air Force failed to get rid of the pests with rifle fire; harsher remedies (grenades, poison) were rejected because they might kill other wildlife...
...members of the Subcommittee of Six-who together exercise the power of "temporary suspension" -decided yesterday morning only to order the suspended students not to enter University buildings they do not need to enter for "scheduled academic exercises," and to warn them that they would face harsher penalties for further violations of the Resolution on Rights and Responsibilities...
James Q. Wilson, professor of Government and chairman of the Subcommittee of Six, told reporters yesterday that "no useful purpose would be served" by attaching harsher terms to the temporary suspensions...
...that we should collaborate with Chiang Kaishek. This we did not do, and the revolution was victorious." Mao later quarreled with Khrushchev. More recently, Moscow's border clashes with Peking and its attempts to organize opposition to Mao within China have encouraged the Chairman to permit even harsher criticism of the Soviets...