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Most people think that Simpson was tried twice for the same crime and that he was found guilty the second time. A more apt name for the second trial would be kangaroo court. It brings to mind John Wayne's line as Marshal Rooster Cogburn, when he tells the bad guy that he'll get a fair trial and a fine hanging. RON FYTEN Pierz, Minnesota...
Jiang's biggest problem is that he is only first among equals, and, says Winston Lord, former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, "he can't just issue edicts. He has to marshal a consensus." That consigns him to continuity and caution rather than bold decision making in the manner of Deng. One day after the Paramount Leader's death, Jiang issued a statement promising to turn "grief into strength" in "unswerving" pursuit of Deng's policies. The process already in place dictates avoiding radical shifts in economic and political policy at home and minimizing...
Spital said he met with Gomes; University Marshal and chair of the Faculty Council on Religion Richard Hunt; Harvard Gay and Lesbian Caucus Co-Chair Robert W. Mack '71, and several students last week to discuss same-sex commitment ceremonies...
...every pore" had registered his consulting firm as a black-owned business in order to keep state contracts worth more than $1 million (he says a state law compelled him to do so). And I found it wryly amusing that Prop 209's organizers picked Connerly as field marshal of their war on race consciousness precisely because of his race. The right-wing ideologues who crafted the California Civil Rights Initiative knew it was doomed if only resentful white guys seemed to support it. So they aggressively recruited Connerly to put a black face on the issue. Even so, last...
...drive for civil equality is a fear of acknowledging one's classification in a minority or discriminated group. One cannot publicly say, "Wow, she's a woman and she's the head of an investment bank." Or "Wow, a Black student has been elected a class marshal." Neither of these would have happened 30 years ago. Let us not pretend these groups have always enjoyed positions of authority and leadership. Let us not pretend such accomplishments have come easy. Let us not take the erosion of racial and sexual prejudices for granted. Let us instead celebrate their long awaited...