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...Western alliance. It has always been my belief that the U.S. can influence Soviet behavior toward Poland, but it cannot break the political and strategic connection between these two unequal neighbors without taking up arms. For the moment, that is the melancholy reality. Almost surely, it will not obtain over the long course. Where the indomitable spirit of a nation is involved, there is always the potential for evolution and for explosive change. As President Reagan came to office, nobody knew whether evolution or explosion would be the result, but it was clear that the Poles had decided to make...
Begin's reply testified to the depth of his feelings: "You advise us to exercise complete restraint and refrain from any action . . . Mr. Secretary, my dear friend, the man has not been born who will ever obtain from me consent to let Jews be killed by a bloodthirsty enemy and allow those who are responsible for the shedding of this blood to enjoy immunity." Reading these phrases, I understood that the U.S. would probably not be able to stop Israel from attacking...
Under the old law, experimenters were able to obtain stray dogs and ones slated to be destroyed by the government. Groups like the anti-vivisectionist society which helped repeal the pound law introduced the greyhound bill because they felt scientists might start using racing dogs to replace the pound animals...
...requested FBI wiretaps on a number of reporters and Government officials in 1969-71 to determine the source of embarrassing leaks to the press. Later, as Richard Nixon's chief of staff when the Watergate scandal was approaching its climax, Haig resisted efforts by Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski to obtain Oval Office tapes that ultimately discredited Nixon. Critics also faulted Haig for having helped Nixon and Kissinger conduct the war in Viet Nam, including the 1970 incursion into Cambodia. Yet another cloud over his nomination was the persistent though contested allegation that the Nixon Administration ordered the CIA to organize...
Massachusetts statutes define rape as "sexual intercourse by a person with another person who is compelled to submit by force and against his will or by threat of bodily harm." (Intercourse with someone under 16 is also considered rape.) Thus, a prosecutor must prove two things to obtain a guilty verdict: 1) that sexual intercourse occurred, and 2) that it took place against the victim's will...