Word: repeals
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...lawyer. With all the impersonal malice of the law, the individuals inside such camps lose many of the normal rights of the accused because the courts cannot adequately process such large numbers-or quickly acquit the innocent. The natural by-product of these mass arrests is the temporary repeal of the Bill of Rights...
...case, the FBI has demonstrated that blanket charges of "conspiracy" can do all the dirty work of the McCarran Act without forcing the President to declare an embarrassing "state of insurrection." If anything, the blunt language of that law has become a liability. Mr. Kleindienst now recommends that Congress repeal Title II of the Act because such action would "allay the fears and suspicions-unfounded as they may be-of many of our citizens...
...liquor drinkers. Now, some of the rules are being relaxed, partly to enable domestic distillers to meet growing foreign competition. As a result of decisions by the Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Division of the Internal Revenue Service, the American liquor business is in its greatest period of ferment since repeal...
...drink represents a billion-dollar gamble, the industry's biggest since repeal. The prime plungers: Schenley, Seagrams, National Distillers, American Distilling and Publicker. They are betting that the drink will appeal to changing American taste, especially among young people and women, who generally demand a "light" liquor. No one can even predict with certainty how light whisky will taste until it has matured a legal minimum of four years; in its present unripened state it somewhat resembles whisky-flavored vodka. Prices will range between the cost of a popular Scotch like Johnnie Walker Red Label and an inexpensive blend...
...national Commission on Obscenity and Pornography recommended-for a variety of reasons-the repeal of dozens of anti-obscenity laws. Judging by the violent reactions that the report provoked, its recommendations are not likely to be widely adopted; on the contrary, signs of a new restrictive mood toward pornography have begun to appear. The publishers of an explicitly illustrated edition of the pornography commission's report itself were indicted by grand juries in Dallas and San Diego. The New York City Criminal Court convicted the editor and publisher of Screw, the nation's No. 1 underground sex tabloid...