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...Confucius has just about had it in Japan, where his precepts have prevailed for centuries. Confucius may say respect your elders, obey the magistrate and do unto others, etc., but young Japanese seem too preoccupied with taking over university buildings and fashioning Molotov cocktails to pay him much heed. The poll, directed by Prime Minister Eisaku Sato's office and involving 3,400 youths, reported that...
...been unsuccessful in some cases that involve grave crimes. In 1954, an Army review board affirmed the murder conviction of an enlisted man who had shot a Korean to death while guarding an airfield. The guard claimed that he had been ordered to fire on anyone who did not heed his order to halt, and his lawyer said that this made him, in effect, an automaton without criminal intent. The review board rejected the argument...
...report asks the dean of the College to encourage the formation of a committee of House-Committee chairmen and suggests that the dean and the Committee on the Houses "pay close heed" to the views of that committee...
...least one of the hairy radicals grumbled, "They look like third graders in a fire drill." But the marshals paid no heed...
...only star that they did heed was Polaris, the North Star. As long as it appeared, they retained their sense of direction. But when it was removed from the planetarium sky, they seemed hopelessly confused. From these experiments, Emlen concluded that they probably use Polaris, which is visible all year in the northern hemisphere, as a celestial beacon on both legs of their journey...