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...rocker must have meant Buddy Holly, but, even with facts straight and names neatly in place, a professional politician is not likely to get an endorsement from Springsteen, who now seeks out small organizations in each town he plays, then makes a donation and a fund-raising plea from the stage. He has given nearly half a million dollars...
...Plea bargaining should not be acceptable in this case. If Walker cannot be "forced to talk against his will," what guarantees do we have that he will reveal all, as promised in his plea bargain? This is no bargain for the American people. Karen Ann Jakuc New York City
...early rounds? Will he get in some good licks for poor beleaguered capitalism? Will the assembled proletariat discern the greatness of his spirit and, setting aside all propaganda (and KGB) considerations, start cheering for a democratic working man? Will Rocky get the opportunity to make, of all things, a plea for détente? Only if you have been living in deepest Siberia since 1976 need...
...fewer still were prosecuted. To improve matters, the Carter Administration backed laws that permitted wiretapping of U.S. citizens suspected of espionage and restrained the practice of "graymail," in which a defense attorney could threaten to introduce classified information in court if the Government did not agree to a plea bargain. The Justice Department also began vigorously prosecuting all spy cases, despite potential diplomatic fallout. As a result, 50% of the past decade's arrests, indictments and convictions of alleged spies occurred...
...That attitude has conservationists rallying to save the whales all over again. Australian Prime Minister John Howard last month sent a plea directly to Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, though it had little effect. Australian newspapers have run story after fevered story on the barbarity of Japanese whaling. "People feel a lot of empathy toward them here," says Beynon of HSI, which unsuccessfully sued to stop Japanese whaling in Antarctic waters claimed by Australia. (It's appealing the decision.) Though Japanese fishing officials say more common whale species should be managed like any other marine resource, environmental groups argue that...