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...left to the reader to formulate an example which shows the Gov grading policy to be harsher than the Ec grading policy, and the Gov students to be more intelligent than the Ec students. John A. Weiser...
After losing (in most of the public's judgment) the first televised debate, partly because he was too deferential, Carter tried to recoup by taking a harsher approach to Gerald Ford. Said Carter: "Ford is a good automobile. It is not doing too well in the White House-stuck in the mud, four flat tires, out of gas, gears locked in reverse." The stridency of his attack offended many voters. At the same time, Carter was growing more peevish with the press, and he began to withdraw...
...hard put to find something useful in the debate to teach them. The candidates just completely missed a grand educational opportunity." Yale's Robert Triffin, another member of TIME'S Board, found the debate "desperately dull and desperately uninfor-mative." A top industrial economist was even harsher: "Neither of them would have passed Economics." Perhaps because they were intent on winning political points, both men seemed shallower on the economic issues than they have in past statements...
While the Justices still have eight decisions to announce early this week, observers were already making preliminary assessments of the changing positions of the court. Most of them see a continuing shift toward the right. Criminal defendants particularly have received harsher treatment. In addition, the Justices' concern about the proliferation of litigation has led them to trim markedly the kinds and numbers of those who have standing to bring suits. "This has been a disastrous year for public interest lawyers," says Charles Halpern, director of the Council for Public Interest Law. "Some attorneys are considering withdrawing suits already under...
Though the tactics for COINTELPRO-SWP were tailored to the SWP's specific situation as a party that competes in elections, the FBI's methods were essentially similar to those used in other such programs. The FBI took a harsher line on black groups, particularly the Black Panthers. An important new discovery is that the FBI through an informer supplied the Chicago police with a floor plan of Panther leader Fred Hampton's apartment before the apartment was raided and Hampton killed. This development lends support to the contention that Hampton, who was killed in bed, neither shot back...