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...homosexuality "might be constitutionally protected activity in some other contexts," but not in the Navy, which has a special need to maintain order among men forced into close contact with one another. He added that the regulations requiring discharge of homosexuals, though not unconstitutional given the situation, were nonetheless "harsh" and not necessarily "wise...
...Eastern Airlines compound that sits along the northeast perimeter of Miami International Airport, the temperature was a pleasant 75 degrees and palm trees swayed in a gentle breeze. But inside a first-floor conference room in Eastern's boxlike concrete-and-glass headquarters, the scene was stormy. Under the harsh glare of a battery of television lights, executives of the 60- year-old airline last week announced the layoff of more than 3,500 employees, or 9% of the work force, sparing only pilots and flight attendants. Said Luz Gomez, 26, a laid-off clerical worker: "I don't know...
...much of that on the events of many years ago. My views on the law and on what kind of Supreme Court Justice I would make have been drowned out in the clamor." Then he wisely turned his back on shouting reporters and walked briskly out of the harsh national spotlight...
Wolfe's main conceit is that the upper classes are especially vulnerable to prejudicial treatment if they lose their insulation. Sherman McCoy of Park Avenue and Southampton, the leading bond salesman at Pierce & Pierce, learns this harsh lesson when he is arrested for hit-and-run driving and plummets from a "Master of the Universe" to "the Great White Defendant," the dream of every ambitious $36,000-a-year assistant district attorney...
...harsh glare of television lights and strobe flashes, the 63-year-old man seemed tired. His fatigue was understandable. For months, Noboru Takeshita had been the front runner among three candidates to succeed Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japan's popular Prime Minister. But though he controlled the largest bloc of votes in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (L.D.P.), Takeshita did not have enough to take the office outright. Negotiations to persuade his rivals to withdraw were deadlocked. By 10 p.m. on the eve of a party vote, Takeshita, the consummate dealmaker, had realized there were no more deals to make. He reluctantly...