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Critics in and outside Congress, however, charge that Reagan's real purpose is to overthrow the Sandinista regime by force, and that to do it he is willing to bankroll a reckless contra campaign that could end by dragging the U.S. into a Viet Nam-style war in Central America. The mining has deepened their skepticism, and shaken the faith of Reagan supporters in the Administration's repeated assurances that its prime aim in backing the contras is to stop the flow of Communist weapons into Nicaragua and from there into El Salvador. Said Republican Senator William Cohen of Maine...
This dual publication appears to be as reckless as it is immodest. In 99 Novels: The Best in English Since 1939, Britain's Anthony Burgess sets up a personal pantheon of later 20th century fiction; then, in Enderby's Dark Lady, or No End to Enderby, he offers the latest sample of his own handiwork in that line...
...third annual Joe Alex Morris Jr. '49 lecture Sevareid criticized the Reagan administration's policy of threatening journalistic freedom noting Reagan's "reckless attitude toward the first amendment...
...lines on the faces suggest road maps leading into unknown territory but pursued in reckless good faith. The eyes are bright, the chins are raised in cheerful pugnaciousness, the mouths always on the verge of a smile. These folks seem as jolly as TV-commercial grandparents, yet eager to raise hell one more time. Most of them were active members of the American Communist Party in the days when Stalin was Uncle Joe and the choice looked clear between fascism and Communism. Some party stalwarts helped organize labor unions. Others fought for civil rights in an age when the color...
...hailed the Supreme Court's ruling as a triumph for freedom of expression. The Justices in effect shifted the burden of proof from publishers to plaintiffs, and required that public officials must prove that the journalists either knew the disputed stories were false or acted in "reckless disregard" of the truth. For several years, it seemed all but impossible for a prominent person to bring a successful libel suit; journalists were emboldened to enterprising, at times overly aggressive, reportage. In the past few years, however, Supreme Court rulings have nibbled away at the privileges afforded by Times vs. Sullivan...