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Although much expression is "worthless or harmful," governmental regulations would inflict more harm than good, said Kateb who is also director of Princeton's Program in Political Philosophy...
...beyond the anxiety about the evil others may inflict lies the deeper fear that you do not know what you yourself are capable of. An acquaintance in England told me that she would like to get a gun, for protection, but that she feared she would be more than likely to use it at the slightest provocation. The more we see undercurrents of violence in others, the more we become aware that under our civilised facade we could be just as bad. Not that any of us could possibly do such a thing: most, I hope, could not live with...
ABOUT THE ONLY EXCITEMENT IN AN AMOEBA'S LIFE is the chance to inflict major intestinal distress on unwary world travelers. And as every high school student knows, these one-celled blobs of protoplasm never get to fool around; they reproduce asexually, by splitting in two. But now comes a report in the journal Heredity that suggests amoebas are not dull so much as discreet. French scientists have looked at the genetic material of species of amoebas and found that their genes show the telltale signs of sexual mixing. They've never been caught in the act, though...
Neil Kinnock, leader of the Labor party, promised to increase public services by raising tax rates on the wealthy and to undo the Conservatives small market-oriented reforms in the National Health service. Major, on the other hand, told voters that Labor's proposed tax increase would inflict further damage on the economy and defended his government's health policies...
...round of Super Tuesday contests, Paul Tsongas had spent only half a day in Illinois. But the latest polls show him within striking distance of Clinton, and his strength is not entirely inexplicable. As elsewhere, Tsongas benefits from the perception that he is a truth teller willing to inflict pain on a nation ready for castor oil. While the disadvantaged reject his message, it resonates among better-educated, higher-income whites -- the very Democrats most likely to vote on March 17. Around Chicago, Tsongas is also doing well among the white ethnics who voted for Reagan and Bush, not because...