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...right to privacy which Americans vindicated a month ago must not be chiseled away. Now that we have rejected Bork, we must now reject Borkism in all its manifestations. Unless things change radically, Ginsburg's defeat may very well signal the vindication of Bork's principles...
...regular signal-caller Malcom Glover went down a month ago, and Glover's back-up, John Keller, suffered a kidney injury early in Saturday's contest. When McNally, a senior, was sent in, his team was down by two touchdowns...
...Islamic fundamentalists, which resulted in more than 2,000 arrests. In September seven militants were sentenced to death and 69 to jail terms for trying to overthrow Bourguiba's regime. In early October Ben Ali, a former army general, was named Prime Minister in what was regarded as a signal that the tough stance would continue...
When students took to the streets late last year to press for greater democratization, the warning signal was not lost on China's leadership. Hu Yaobang, a onetime disciple of Deng's, was forced to step down as party leader in January, admitting to "political errors" for failing to contain the protests, and the party pursued a campaign against "bourgeois liberalism." Chinese officials worry about the growing number of cases of corruption, fraud, theft and prostitution that have come to light since the reforms began. The outside world cannot be blamed for all such symptoms of social malaise. Says...
...behind it, like a pair of empty waders, in the bland spectral light of what appears to be an indoor swimming pool. At such moments Rothenberg's imagery delivers the jolt and reach of feeling one associates with the poetry of Sylvia Plath. She is unquestionably one of the signal artists of our confused time...