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...already have been decided in the abolitionists' favor. Bittaker's prosecutor had an apt beyond-the-pale phrase for Bittaker and his partner: "mutants from hell." Can they be human? Without killers in this league, more of America's logic and instinctive sense of mercy could prevail. There might be more electorates like Michigan's and more Governors like New York's who declare that capital punishment is unworthy of a decent society...
...annual convention in Brighton this year, the slogan was THE RESOLUTE APPROACH, and no one doubts that in any election campaign Thatcher will trumpet her readiness to battle any comers, whether they be crusty trade union chiefs, Argentine generals or hectoring Commons members. And, as ever, she plans to prevail. When a close friend recently asked her, "Who will come after you?" she replied insouciantly, "After me?there's me!" No one thinks she is joking...
...number of Polish factories will be released from the military supervision that has proliferated since the declaration of martial law. But the same disciplinary rules will continue to prevail, meaning that managers can fire workers without appeal, and that workers cannot resign without management approval. The government also plans to review managers of state enterprises, top government officials and officials in schools of higher learning for both professional competence and "moral character...
Whether the President can prevail in his determination to slash funding for social programs, rather than military projects, in tackling deficits now estimated as high as $200 billion in each of the next two years is doubtful. Last week Budget Director David Stockman ordered the Department of Health and Human Services to save some $500 million in the fiscal 1984 budget by sharply cutting the personnel of the Public Health Service. All ten regional offices of the Public Health Service would be abolished. The Stockman directive will be effective unless it is withdrawn by the Administration or vetoed by Congress...
...over-simplification and self-deception used by the Administration to defend the likes of Zia obscures some technical issues like nuclear arms development. But on the question of human rights, only the truth--and with it our guilt--can prevail. In Pakistan, General Zia's martial law (Regulation 53) declares the death sentence for "any offense liable to cause insecurity, fear, or despondency amongst the public," and presumes the accused guilty until proven innocent in front of a military court. Yet in the end, America's military and economic support for such human rights violators will haunt us long after...