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...Democrats insult us by saying we voted for President Reagan because of his personality and not his policies. The American people decisively rejected Jimmy Carter in 1980 and in 1984 even more overwhelmingly rejected his clone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 26, 1984 | 11/26/1984 | See Source »

Cooke participates in a completely irrelevant scene that epitomizes the defects in the story line. Nigel, dressed in a grey leather jumpsuit, visits Selena's amusement park hideout, and asks her right-hand woman Bianca (Brenda Vaccaro) to summon Selena Selena appears, both women insult Cooke's suit, and they slam the door in his face...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: Call Off the Celluloid | 11/26/1984 | See Source »

Those who support the insanity defense argue that it lends moral credence to criminal law. Perhaps the real problem is trying to find a formula that preserves the public's sanity. Put bluntly, acquittals such as Hinckley's insult our gut instincts and our primitive sense of justice. "Is Hinckley's crime," the trial prosecutor asked, "the crime of someone who does not know what he is doing and who is out of control, or is it the crime of someone who has an evil, twisted and perverted mind?" The difference between being sick and depressed, psychotic and merely...

Author: By Nicolas J. Mcconnell, | Title: Love Means Never Having to Say You're Guilty | 11/17/1984 | See Source »

...letter of complaint was written by Conson M. Chou '87, a member of Harvard's Asian-American Association. Chou, who was watching the show with three Asian friends, said they were initially amused, but "you think about it again and it's got racial overtones. The insult went above and beyond the problem of stereotyping...

Author: By Margaret C. Ervin, | Title: Asian Students Seek Apology From NBC for Alleged Slur | 11/15/1984 | See Source »

...People just really didn't know the numbers were as pitiful as they were," he said. "There are no Black junior faculty this year.... This is an insult...

Author: By Elizabeths. Colr and Charles T. Kurzman, S | Title: Minority Student Protesters Rally for Third World Faculty | 11/8/1984 | See Source »

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