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...guerrillas have scored a number of impressive successes. The terrorists who held Elbrick managed in one stroke to embarrass the Brazilian government, set free 15 political prisoners, and seriously impair Elbrick's effectiveness. Indebted to the military regime for securing his release, the ambassador may find it impossible to function as an independent observer in Brazil...
...Kriendler brothers Bob and Pete, their cousin Jerry Berns and their nephew Sheldon Tannen. The family has run the restaurant for the past 40 years. Lately, Bob Kriendler had been wondering if the family should sell it lest the death of one owner create estate problems that might impair the business. The Kriendlers had had a number of offers for the club, but they wanted to stay in control no matter who owned it. "We have our own way of doing things, and it is an expensive way," says Kriendler. "Who would let us continue...
Marshall took pains to point out that the decision does not impair the court's previous rulings, which permit restrictions on publishers and sellers of obscene material. "The states," said Marshall, "retain broad power to regulate obscenity." That being the case, the new ruling creates an anomalous situation. "It says," complained District Attorney Lewis Slaton of Atlanta's Fulton County, "that a person has a right to possess obscene material which is illegal to sell...
...part of Congress, the Executive and the public. It is required not to render the military powerless or to deny its courage and dedication or to thrust it beyond the pale. Such alertness is necessary, rather, to ensure that the military does not, by design or accident, irreparably impair the health of the society it is pledged to protect...
...they did. Perhaps the most plausible explanation was that the Soviet leaders felt compelled to allow their most loyal and important ally to kick up a minor fuss, while all the time stage-managing the crisis so that its timing and proportions would not seriously impair U.S.-U.S.S.R. relations...