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...change in a modern society." Carter went on to scold the lawyers and judges in the audience for not caring more about the legal and moral rights of society's underdogs. He praised Martin Luther King Jr., "who was perhaps despised by many in this room because he shook up our social structure ... and demanded simply that black citizens be treated the same as white citizens." Added Carter: "As a farmer, I'm not qualified to assess the characteristics of the 9,100 inmates in the Georgia prisons, 50% of whom ought not to be there. They ought...
Struck Speechless. No one was more surprised by the results than Reagan, who was campaigning in Wisconsin for next week's primary. Refusing to hold a press conference, he hurried to the La Crosse airport. Briefly, he shook hands with about 100 cheering supporters. Cried out one woman: "How does it feel to win?" Said Reagan: "No comment." Squealed another woman: "Aren't you happy?" Repeated Reagan: "No comment." Having just become one of the few candidates in political annals to be struck speechless by a victory, he thereupon quick-stepped to his plane for the long flight...
Levi's dramatic decision to start a second investigation, with entirely new inspectors, TIME has learned, represented a deliberate and unprecedented decision by the Attorney General to strip his top deputies of their authority over the case. According to some FBI agents, Levi's decision shook up the bureau far more than the recent congressional inquiries into abuses of the FBI'S power. "Look," explained one agent, "the guys who sanctioned that report are the bosses of the FBI. They supervise the investigations, administrations and internal inspections of the bureau-the whole shebang. If they goofed...
...episode that shook the high-altitude, high-living ski resort occurred shortly after 5 p.m. on a bright Sunday. After spending a couple of hours on the slopes and several more reportedly drinking with some male companions at a popular watering hole, Longet returned to Sabich's house. Soon afterward, she phoned the Aspen Valley Hospital to report that there had been a shooting. Sheriffs officers, police and ambulance attendants found Sabich lying in the master bathroom, next to a sunken tub, mortally wounded by a single .22-cal. bullet in the abdomen. As Aspen Valley...
...Lite shook his head. "Where...