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Somewhat the same attitude was shown earlier this month by the Harvard physicists who signed a petition pledging refusal of so-called "Star Wars" research funds. The political intent here is clear--through denial of their skills, these scientists hope to deter the federal government from pursuing this research, or, failing that, simply to undermine the effort at the outset. The physicists may say that they're doing it just for "moral" reasons, that in fact their individual refusal does not constitute policy by default. However, their urging of their colleagues to follow their example belies any such stand...
...would deny MacKinnon's diagnosis that pornography exploits, subordinates and abuses females as well as males. Nor would many disagree with the intent of anti-porn legislation aimed at halting pornographic coercion, force, assault, and trafficking...
...free-for-all with "bawdy Kate", the author of the ground-breaking 1968 manifesto Sexual Politics and a leading anticensorship advocate, provoked strong teactions from the crowded audience. Moderator Susan Suleiman's attempt to restore order during the question and answer period was overridden by a Cantabrigian majority intent on using the session as a forum for debating next month's referendum on the MacKinnon-Dworkin anti-porn bill...
...that emphasize English. But at first blush, Congress was not buy- ing. Gus Hawkins, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, seemed downright offended: "Congress worked hard last year to draft what we consider a good bilingual-education bill," he said, adding, "We fear Mr. Bennett's real intent is to gut the bilingual program over the long...
...scathing. Said National Assembly Deputy Philippe Mestre: "Either the President was aware--in which case he has lied and this is Watergate--or he was not aware, in which case he's a fool." For Mitterrand it was a no-win situation. Having tasted political blood, the opposition appeared intent on keeping up the pressure to force the government into making full disclosures about the New Zealand operation. For Le Monde and the other publications, questions remained. What did Hernu know, and who gave the order? Said the paper's executive editor, Daniel Vernet: "I'm not sure...