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...LATER ESSAYS, aimed primarily as a counter-offensive to the prevailing neo-conservative outlook, offer a soundly argued, albeit imaginative, confirmation of his socialist and egalitarian principles. Here, Walzer aptly flaunts his philosophical intellect, demonstrating the depth, precision and creativity to render some of his far-fetched notions plausible, if not convincing. His "In Defense of Equality" attacks arch-neo-conservative Irving Kristol's attempt to justify large-income inequalities as the natural product of a hierarchy of innate abilities. For Walzer, the moral claim to the products of society cannot depend on some specious ground of superior ability...
...Telephone." They would take the offending prisoner to the infirmary, strip him and attack electrodes to his big toe and penis, which were wired to an old-fashioned rural telephone. By cranking the handle, the "operator" discharged six volts through the man's body. A "long distance call" could render a man permanently sterile, or insane...
...Democrat Sam Nunn, a strong supporter of registration, then cleverly employed parliamentary maneuvers to exhaust Hatfield's delaying tactics. At one point, for example, Nunn proposed cutting the bill's funds by an insignificant $10,000, and his amendment passed. That technically changed the bill enough to render inoperative some 75 other amendments Hatfield had introduced in an effort to delay passage...
...fresh blaze it is. He has a trigger-lipped contempt for clerical authority. He believes that women and gays should be admitted to the priesthood. He loathes "consumerism" and, worst of all, has a fervent conviction that the words of Jesus, once heard and acted upon, will render the church redundant...
...match started on a previously unfamiliar note, as all six singles slots swept their opponents to render the doubles results inconsequential...