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...referendum should he reach an agreement with his Syrian interlocutors, but these statements, coupled with Syrian-backed violence in Lebanon, harden the Israeli electorate against a peace treaty with Syria and make it increasingly difficult for Barak to sell a future peace to his own people. Syria's reckless statements that offend the Israeli electorate's most basic sensibilities reduce Assad's chances of regaining the Golan Heights...
...fired a single shot. If cooler heads had prevailed, wouldn't Diallo still be alive today? As trained professionals, police officers must be able to assess situations, not simply use deadly force against anything threatening. The verdict in the Diallo case at a minimum should have been "guilty of reckless endangerment." Now, anyone could fall victim to impetuous and rash policing. BEVERLY JACKSON Laurel...
...four white policemen had fired 41 bullets at the young African immigrant; 19 hit their mark. Prosecutors brought six alternative charges against each of the cops; none of them stuck--neither of the counts of murder, nor the two of manslaughter; not homicide, not reckless endangerment. On Friday, as TV cameras recorded the verdict in an Albany, N.Y., courtroom, the only words that registered were "not guilty," drummed out again and again, 24 times by the time the last defendant was fully cleared. About 140 miles to the south, in New York City, where the killing took place, where...
...Although Mailer often appears reckless and on the cutting edge of society, most of his exploits appear to be vain attempts to attract attention or to escape an inferiority complex. He seems consumed by a constant drive to prove his masculinity and assert his sexuality. In addition, Dearborn details Mailer's substance abuse, from alcohol to marijuana to prescription pills. In addition, and some would say as a result, Mailer had trouble establishing positive relationships with women. He hardly endeared himself to feminists with lines like "I like to marry women whom I can beat once in a while...
...department has probably only just begun. On Sunday the Rev. Al Sharpton staged a protest at the U.N. over the controversial verdict: All four officers accused of murdering West African immigrant Amadou Diallo found not guilty Friday evening on 24 counts ranging from murder in the second degree to reckless endangerment. While New York's cops had prepared for the worst, reaction in the city was more bewildered and pained than violent. People began to take sides; Governor George Pataki backed the jurors, who, in limited contact with the media, have explained that race did not enter into their deliberations...