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Then, after an address at the heavily guarded National Press Club, Begin flew on to New York City to plead for support from American Jewish leaders, terming them Israel's "second line of defense." Looking weary and depressed, he appeared before some 1,000 representatives of Jewish organizations from 30 states at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Many were near tears as Begin argued that Israel, not Egypt, had presented a detailed peace plan and that Egypt, not Israel, had broken off the negotiations. "The words adamance and intransigence do not have anything in common with us," he contended...
...discuss the case in consultation with none other than national security advisor, Zbigniew Brzezinski and vice-president Walter F. Mondale. Subsequent intensive pre-trial lobbying by Edward Bennett Will: ms, Helms' lawyer, led to a behind-the-scenes deal with the Justice Department permitting the former CIA head to plead nolo contendere to misdemeanor charges instead of prosecuting him for perjury committed before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee...
...danger to motorists and to the runners themselves, he persuaded the town council to draw up an ordinance that would force two or more joggers running together to obtain a special permit from police. Enraged by such Big Brotherism, the joggers sprinted down to city hall last week to plead their case. One spokesman for the runners pointed out that more than 250,000 miles had been jogged in the Los Altos area without an accident. A woman settled the debate. "This is all nonsense," she said. "We don't need any ordinances. We can improve safety regulations, have...
...even went to Japan to plead with CB makers there to trim production, but to no avail. Reports Andros: "They thought I was misjudging the marketplace and decided to increase production instead of cutting back...
...disagree with that assessment, there is no consensus over any proposed reform. University of Colorado Law Professor Albert Alschuler argues that determinate sentencing may only force more plea bargaining; with judges and parole boards no longer empowered to mete out mercy, defendants will be under greater pressure to plead guilty to lesser offenses. Concludes Alschuler: "The big winners will be the prosecutors." Chicago's Morris is worried that state legislatures, with their susceptibility to demagoguery on a sensitive issue like crime, "can't be trusted" to set humane sentences...