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...play "A Man For All Seasons," Thomas More's son-in-law tells More that he would cut down all the laws in England to get the devil. More replies that he would give the devil himself the benefit of law for his own safety's sake--for after the laws were felled, nothing could withstand the winds that would howl, there being no place left to hide. The greatest casualty in the war on drugs has been chipping away of the forest of laws that represent our civil liberties. And no liberty has been pinched tighter than that against...

Author: By Joseph L. Jacobson, | Title: Finding Drugs, Losing Rights | 5/8/2000 | See Source »

...sold out. [laughs] Well, for God's sake, those were the films I got offered. As a British actor, you don't get offered many blockbusters - in fact, you don't get offered many films, but I pretty much accepted any film that came my way. It wasn't me having incredible integrity -if you look at many of those films, you'll see they're pretty lousy...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hugh Grant's Divine Comedy | 5/5/2000 | See Source »

...bore-it's usually about the bleepin' cappucino machine and people taking four hours in makeup and shit-so boring. There's no spontaneity-that's why I love TV, it's quicker. No dicking around with the big crane shot. I mean, tell a story for God's sake. But with Woody, it's obviously different. But still it was tough-I mean somedays, Woody would make me reshoot stuff and I would go home questioning myself...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Taking on...Tracy | 5/5/2000 | See Source »

...requires the destruction of human embryos--no matter what the reason--is abhorrent. Calling that "worse than abortion," Richard Doerflinger, a director of policy for the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, says, "If [the embryo] is a member of the human family, you cannot destroy that being for the sake of others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brave New Cells | 5/1/2000 | See Source »

...Harvard, surmised that his sister felt “implicit pressure” from the three family members; she was recently admitted to the Class of 2004. Carmichael’s parents were probably frustrated, he explains, that his sister might apply to a different college solely for the sake of rebellion. “I believe it got a little tight a couple of times,” he admits. Pat McKenna ’01 observed similar tension in his younger brother: “Of course he felt pressure, but not from me. Most of the pressure...

Author: By Scott G. Bromley, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: The Harvard Mafia: Siblings Kill to Join the Family in Cambrdige | 4/27/2000 | See Source »

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