Word: salem
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...developed a working knowledge of important issues. Granted, he is not likely to turn up at a protracted think-tank meeting and is better characterized as a doer than a talker; however, that is not a weakness but a strength that should not be discounted. PRESTON PARRISH Winston-Salem, North Carolina...
...wink at this kind of officially sanctioned primitivism, there is one outbreak of officially sanctioned primitivism that is not benign and that cannot be winked at: the sensational "abuse" trials in which teachers and parents are jailed on the most improbable charges of ritualistic, orgiastic Satanism since the Salem witch trials...
...TODAY'S SALEM WITCH TRIALS
...SEVERAL MONTHS I HAVE BEEN FOLlowing the situation in East Wenatchee, Washington, where 80 adults have been charged with sexual abuse, most of them by one 11-year-old girl [PUBLIC EYE, Nov. 13]. It seems clear that the Salem witch trials are being re-enacted in Washington State and are being carried out by one poorly qualified detective, Robert Perez, who has no corroboration from a reliable witness and no motive for the crimes claimed to have been committed. Why hasn't the fbi or the Justice Department stepped in and put a stop to this? People's civil...
WHEN TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES TO THE point that weather can be accurately predicted more than five days in advance, I may start to get concerned about global-warming predictions. JAMES P. DICKERSON Winston-Salem, North Carolina...