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...theory that "the prosecution either has a case or it does not." But Newman will still bar prosecution disclosure in "any case where there exists a realistic possibility of witness intimidation," and in "cases involving complicated financial transactions," in which the defendant could "tailor" his records to rebut prosecution evidence...
Martin Luther King specifically sought to rebut the evangelists of black power. "It is absolutely necessary for the Negro to gain power," he said, "but the term black power is unfortunate because it tends to give the impression of black nationalism. We must never seek power exclusively for the Negro but the sharing of power with the white people...
Such efforts at reform may ultimately rebut the militant argument that crime will decrease only if the cops and courts get tougher. Admittedly, fear of dire punishment is often an effective deterrent. So, for that matter, is torture. But the reformers argue that the hope of an orderly society lies in making "equal and exact justice" more equal and more exact. As Theologian Reinhold Niebuhr has observed, "Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary...
...Baptist Church. But Avila thought that Mclntire should not have the right to control the entire broadcasting content of a station. The complaints say that Mclntire is grossly biased and twists facts, but the FCC notes that he offers the individuals he attacks time on his programs to rebut the charges, thus meeting the agency's test of "fairness." The seminary has the legal right to purchase the station, and the FCC is expected to grant it a license within a month...
...brief Presidential Candidate John Kennedy on military developments; his performance led to his appointment by Kennedy as Army Chief of Staff in 1962. In that job, he won McNamara's favor by his outspoken advocacy of the nuclear test-ban treaty, trekking to Capitol Hill to rebut point by point the doubts expressed by the Air Force's LeMay. A longtime protege of General Maxwell Taylor's, Wheeler succeeded Taylor as J.C.S. Chairman...