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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...overpowering assumption, an assumption so cosmic that it is sometimes accepted. For example, we wrote that it is pretty obvious that the vague generality was the key device in any discussion of examination writing. Why is it obvious? As a matter of fact it isn't obvious at all, but just an arbitrary point from which to start. That is an example of an unwarranted assumption...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Beating the System | 8/18/1987 | See Source »

...caught shooting from a car. The Los Angeles County board of supervisors offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of roadway gunmen. Los Angeles City Attorney James Hahn vowed to jail all gun-toting motorists. Said Hahn: "People are going to start learning that this isn't the wild West anymore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Highway To Homicide | 8/17/1987 | See Source »

Barron thinks "the left" has just discovered federalism. Wrong. Black Panthers and ERAP ghetto organizers in the 1960s fought for the development and protection of local communities and values. And the federal government isn't always progressive: Barron should check his history texts for the details of a small run-in between Andrew Jackson and the Cherokee Nation...

Author: By Doug Rossinow, | Title: Re-Examining States' Rights | 8/14/1987 | See Source »

...Bragg isn't a "Rock Star" in the usual sense--no drugs, wild groupies or massive entourage for this man. Armed with a couple of guitars and a sizable repertoire of his pithy tunes, he doesn't even use a backing band...

Author: By Abigail M. Mcganney, | Title: Sizing Up a Genuine Bragg-Art | 8/14/1987 | See Source »

Neustadt agreed, saying, "There isn't any wayto pass laws to prevent this from happening.You've got to count on the prudence and good senseof people in office...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: Profs Say Hearings Helpful | 8/4/1987 | See Source »

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