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While America's power to influence the world environment has declined, it has not disappeared by any means. But to wield such influence, the first task for the U.S. is to renew and rebuild itself, to restore its economic growth and productive capacity and replenish its wealth...
...baseball superstar was sentenced last week to five months in prison, a $50,000 fine and 1,000 hours of community service for cheating on his taxes. Here's how some other celebrities are faring after being ordered to renew themselves through good deeds...
...seem, never justifies indiscriminate means. On the contrary, the means that we can choose, in the final analysis, either help us to reach our goal, or distort that goal, or lead us in the wrong direction altogether. For example, it would be disastrous if we began to renew our entire system of social relations by acting like a bull in a china shop...
...Edward Quaglia, mayor of Herrin, Ill., where cable rates have risen 125% since 1986. Three months ago, New York became the first state to pass consumer-protection legislation aimed at penalizing cable abuses. And last week the New York City board of estimate, in a preliminary vote, refused to renew the Manhattan franchises of two cable companies, both substantially owned by Time Warner, that have been the target of customer complaints...
...subject of a legal surprise. In a 6-to-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the 1983 rerelease of the 1954 classic infringed the copyright of the Cornell Woolrich story, It Had to Be Murder, on which the movie was based. After Woolrich's death, his estate renewed the story's copyright. In the majority opinion, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor wrote that the film could not be shown without permission from the current holder of the copyright, even though Woolrich had promised to renew his agreement with the filmmakers. The winner in the case was Sheldon Abend...