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When Harvard tried to slap on its patented pressure defense in the fourth period, it rarely worked. The Crimson did manage to snuff out two critical Engineer power plays in the first half...
...their views, Ms. Schkolnick and Mr. Dershowitz refuse simply to ignore the clubs, whose activities have no real impact on their lives, and to let them die a natural death. Rather, Ms. Schkolnick, with her First Amendment expert at her side, asks the state to step in and snuff out private associations which might foster attitudes that she finds "obnoxious...
...that boy earned the freedom to get his ears scorched as his father idly twisted the dial? (The court ruled that "patently offensive" language could be regulated on radio and TV.) Do other boys and girls have the freedom to tune in Midnight Blue, or to rent "documentary" snuff films like Faces of Death at their local video stores? Does any jerk with a movie camera have the freedom to exploit and profit from the weaknesses of his performers, his audience...
...pricey 24- Hour Diner one recent afternoon, an annoyed patron yanked a woman's hair as he walked out because she refused to put out her cigarette. At Cafe Beverly Hills, an upscale coffee shop, an elderly man punched his female companion when she told him he must snuff his cigar. "I've been smoking for 92 years," said the patron. "No one is going to tell me where I can smoke...
...party conference earlier this month, the P.R.I. leadership did its best to snuff out the troublemakers. In an unusual attempt to demonstrate party unity, De la Madrid was joined on the dais by two former Presidents, Luis Echeverria and Jose Lopez Portillo, both of whom have been widely discredited. Warned P.R.I. President Jorge de la Vega: "Those who do not want to respect the will of the immense majority of party members should renounce our party and seek affiliation with other political organizations." In response, the Mexico City daily Jornada editorialized last week: "The leaders of the party pretend that...