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...freely, even ( carelessly, as she does her intellect and ambition? If she does so, is she responsible for the prefeminist urges she triggers in men? Or is she just getting what she asked for, in a body language as old as the species? Can every man cop a plea of biological imperatives, of Stone Age lust, when he uses force as a tool of courtship? At what point does the love game turn into a war game, whose body count is one rape reported every six minutes in the U.S. and one rape in four involving multiple attackers? Finally...
...Kehler's] only concern was whether the team would accept him," Cozza said about Kehler's response to his plea. "I went to the captain and to the rest of the team, and they welcomed him with open arms...
...taken with his campaign achievement, narrow though it was, that he tried it with arms control, springing a plan for huge cuts on the Soviets. He offended the Kremlin with his arrogance and lost precious years in arms control. Had Reagan heeded Speaker Tip O'Neill's plea to meet him partway and moderate the deep tax cuts of 1981, the deficits and debt might not now threaten Reagan's place in the history books...
Once the charges were brought against Washburn and he had entered a plea of guilty, he was relieved of his duties at Harvard and very quietly prosecuted. This was no normal defendant...
Others may argue that the person's identity shouldn't matter, because everyone is equal before the law and entitled to equal protection. But even in a plea bargaining situation, knowledge of the defendant's background is essential to the realization of justice. Even in cases less serious than manslaughter, such as simple robbery, identity is crucial. While a person's innocence or guilt should be decided without reference to personal history, the punishment should take into account various factors in the person's past, such as whether this was the first or tenth offense or, in the case...