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...reject the assertion that a group can prevent a man from moving as he pleases, force him to interact with a hostile crowd--and not violate his rights. Is a "symbolic blockade" anything but an obvious oxymoron...
After a new voice-synthesizing adapter goes on sale, phones may seem to develop their own crotchety personalities. Example: the phone might announce that "Norman Brown is calling." If the owner punches the code to reject the call, the phone will do the dirty work, politely informing Mr. Brown that the call has not been accepted...
...every important decision and many minor ones himself, is notoriously slow to make up his mind. Yet he has proved receptive to creative, and politically risky, ideas. He introduced an ( effective counterterrorism program at the FBI; in recent years agents have successfully infiltrated several terrorist groups. He does not reject outright the notion of capturing wanted criminals and terrorists overseas and bringing them to the U.S. to stand trial...
...concept appears to be gaining momentum. Montana Democrat Max Baucus , plans to introduce, possibly this week, a Senate bill proposing that auctions be tried out in the next three cases in which the U.S. imposes temporary quotas. Many economists, most of whom reject protectionism in general, see quotas as sometimes inevitable and thus regard the auction system as a way for the U.S. to get maximum benefit from them...
...courtly Soviet diplomat is explaining to his earnest, rumpled American counterpart why the Kremlin must reject what both sides agree is a fair and useful arms-control plan. They are standing in the one place they can be candid, a small stretch of forest near the villas where, with grave and formal ceremony, they daily meet. Shared frustration has made them intimates, if still not quite friends, so the answer is blunt: "We don't trust you." Long years at the table have persuaded the Soviet that neither government will actually reduce armaments; neither side can afford the risky belief...