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...Robert McNamara coined the phrase "assured destruction" to describe how the U.S. and the Soviet Union aimed atomic weapons at each other to deter a nuclear war. When wags prefixed the word mutual to McNamara's expression, the cold war era was acronymically defined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mad No More | 2/10/1992 | See Source »

...Fishkin knows that once a kid falls deeper into the justice system, he may never get out. But the lawyer is worried that the prosecutor on the case may have something different in mind. He makes a call and discovers, to his dismay, that assistant state's attorney Mary McNamara, 29, a well-known hard-liner on drug issues, will oppose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corridors Of Agony | 1/27/1992 | See Source »

...sound disappointed," replies McNamara...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corridors Of Agony | 1/27/1992 | See Source »

...Dave, you know my policy on drug dealing," McNamara answers, then pauses. "But I'll read the report and keep an open mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corridors Of Agony | 1/27/1992 | See Source »

...third break for Antwan: McNamara, who worked as a night bailiff to get through law school, is actually on Fishkin's side this time. She was born and raised in New Jersey in a blue-collar family; her hard-nosed reputation is a reflection of a strong sense of outrage at the inner-city disaster. "Sometimes," she says, "I get home at night and I think my name is 'Bitch.' They stop being kids to you after a while. Some of them are vicious and nasty. They'd shoot you in a heartbeat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corridors Of Agony | 1/27/1992 | See Source »

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