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Even the Supreme Court, which never goes on strike, said the government had been remiss in not giving judges and their helpers more protection...
...developed this program as a result of mypart in several programs to discuss theConstitution," Ogletree said. "In all of theseprograms, very few young people were inattendance. I concluded that we are remiss in notteaching them about the Constitutionspecifically...
...would be remiss not to provide professors with the obligatory exhortations to get more involved with students. Of course those exhortations have been made lots of times. It might be interesting to see who has listened. Why doesn't CUE find out, for instance, how many senior theses various professors advise--and publish the results for all to see? Peer pressure might provide more effective motivation for take-it-easy profs than the shrill pronouncements of a student-faculty committee...
Those who follow the column will rejoice at this second helping of Trillin's Nation material (the first collection of these columns, Uncivil Liberties, was published in 1982). But I would be remiss if I did not mention that there is reason to believe Trillin is becoming, as my mother used to put it, "a bit like Paul Revere's ride--a little light in the belfry...
...remiss if we didn't say particular attention." Johnson said. He refused to detail the security arrangements...