Word: simpson
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...scientists revealed that parts of Mars, shaken loose by collisions with asteroids, have been colliding with the earth for some time. Many such rocks have landed on the earth and are indistinguishable from earth rocks, the scientists determined. Also last week, at the Institute of Politics, Sen. Alan K. Simpson (R-Wyo.) defended his plan to cut legal immigration. As these two events illustrate, people usually fear the unknown without cause...
...least three centuries, immigration has inspired fear in the United States. The Native Americans resented the British colonists; the English colonists resented the Irish; the Irish resented the Italian immigrants. Now, Simpson is not really speaking against any of these groups since they do not immigrate in significant numbers. They have been among us so long that they no longer inspire fear. But the Asian-American and Latino-American newcomers are still frightening...
...addition, the legal system is biased against the poor. Sister Helen states that a rich person will never sit on death row. This claim is quite believable when one compares O.J. Simpson's defense with one by an underprepared public defender who takes the case of a destitute defendant. And it seems especially unfortunate that when one has counsel that is incompetent in actuality (but not legally), potentially exculpatory evidence can arise too late for its acceptance by an appellate court due to temporal technicalities...
...assumption that a protest will drive away potential speakers is unfounded. Just the opposite is true. After about 15 minutes of questioning, the presiding Kennedy School officer wanted to end the questioning, but Simpson cut in, saying that 'it's just getting good' and continued to take questions...
...educational aspect of the rally came at the actual speech. In that sense, the forum is an ideal stage for intellectual and ideological clash. The tough questions about legal immigration asked of Simpson raised the consciousness of students about the issue. Because the audience was about evenly split over the issue of legal imigration, each question and comment forced members of the audience to re-examine their viewpoints...