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...flashed across the country through messages posted on computer bulletin boards, and some youngsters reportedly rushed to erase discs and burn files. Though no charges have been filed yet, the Government, by going after the microkids in a style more commonly used for archcriminals, risked turning the youngsters into instant heroes. Nevertheless, while such tamperings may be born of curiosity and high spirits, they have serious consequences and are increasingly dangerous. Four of the California youths who were raided held a press conference at their high school to explain how the passwords they used for unauthorized break-ins had been...
...practice restraint. We did not knowingly once spelt out the F word in four years of intercollegiate performance. Phallic symbols did not appear with regularity or rigidity (due mainly to the Brand's inability to perform any evolution with the requisite precision). Thus the instant reports of "puke" [I believe "barf" was once the word of choice] and commentary on Flight 007 or Marines in Lebanon hardly offend our generation...
...designed, and Congress and President Reagan have yet to move on it. It would seem unwise to summarily dismantle existing deterrent systems before equally effective replacements are assured. Also, verification of Soviet compliance with any "build-down" scheme would be extremely difficult. Finally, "build-down" has become an instant symbol of so-called bipartisan cooperation in support of arms control, when in fact it is merely an artificial contrivance to allow congressmen to sleep well after they approve MX. But the MX is the root of the problem. It sticks out like a sore thumb and is obviously the reason...
POLLS keep reporters off the streets too. A poll may come with endless hedges about margins of error and standards of accuracy. Nevertheless, it is an irresistibly instant cross-section of the electorate. "The Globe reporters were just salivating for the results of the polls." Stewart says. The magic percentages offer a sense of "momentum" in mid-race. Polls may be superficial; momentum may be an artificial constraint on the democratic process, which after all is not the race but the final tally. But it is something easy and cohesive to report...
...aggravation and possible confrontation (El Salvador, Lebanon) are quite small compared with those of ten or 20 years ago (Viet Nam, Cuba). One top official, watching the angry Shultz-Gromyko meeting in Madrid after the airliner was shot down, saw all the elements of a classic diplomatic explosion and instant walkout. Yet something kept the two men talking. They feared for their images. In this skirmish, Gromyko faltered. He suggested to the world that his government would do it again, and the shock waves were visible on the faces of the world's reporters. They, in turn, conveyed their...