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Says Buthelezi: "KwaZulu will never seek independence of the kind offered by Pretoria. The homelands policy is futile and meaningless. We will opt to remain South Africans and gain the right to participate in the government of this country...
...since its creation both to indicate their disapproval of its procedures and to protest the blatantly political nature of the motives behind its creation. Administrators have tinkered with some details of CRR's workings in response to student pressure, but the group's essential purpose remains unchanged: to co-opt some students into sitting in judgement on their peers for their political actions. Reform from within cannot alter that, and reforms alone will not improve a group with such an abhorrent purpose. Abolition, not reform, is CRR's deserved fate...
...That's Incredible! Creator Alan Landsburg, 47, a veteran TV producer whose credits include the series In Search of . . . and the Jacques Cousteau specials. Landsburg will schedule any story "as long as we decide that the audience reaction will be 'Wow! That's incredible!' We opt for subject matter that is startling...
...judicial restraint. But such philosophical criteria are nothing new. Presidents have tried to pick judges who read the Constitution their way since George Washington, who insisted on Federalists for his Supreme Court. President Carter, if reelected, would be no exception. Former Attorney General Griffin Bell says Carter would opt for Supreme Court candidates with progressive civil rights views and an inclination to limit Government regulation of business...
...assume that women carelessly opt for abortion is both patronizing and paternalistic. The state should stay neutral in the moral debate between right-to-lifers and proabortionists--it would be equally wrong in insisting that all pregnant women read a statement outlining the difficulties of motherhood. Moreover, the law's lukewarm attempt at preventing abortions will not deter those intent on having them; the only effect will be to drive women--especially minors--away from reputable clinics...