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...will not be a factor (even in the face of defense allegations of racism on the part of LAPD detective Mark Fuhrman)--and despite the fact that the fairness of O.J. Simpson's trial will more likely hinge upon issues of class and celebrity than upon skin color--the specter of racism looms large both inside the courtroom and out. ``Since so many African Americans don't trust the criminal-justice system--and for good reasons--[the case] is racial, and that's why Johnnie is important,'' says attorney Harlan Braun, who defended one of the four police officers...
...halls" featuring push-button voting have always faced one major rhetorical handicap: the long shadow of the Founding Fathers. The Founders explicitly took lawmaking power out of the people's hands, opting for a representative democracy and not a direct democracy. What concerned them, especially James Madison, was the specter of popular "passions" unleashed. Their ideal was cool deliberation by elected representatives, buffered from the often shifting winds of opinion -- inside-the-Beltway deliberation. Madison insisted in the Federalist Papers on the need to "refine and enlarge the public views by passing them through the medium of a chosen body...
...number of major differences have emerged recently between Russia and the U.S. So whose fault is it that the specter of cold war might be coming back? We believe the political and military leadership is to blame for pursuing a line of total camaraderie with the U.S. A strong America promised billions of dollars in support, always dictating its own conditions. They were sometimes humiliating, but Yeltsin, Foreign Minster Andrei Kozyrzev, and Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin accepted them without a murmur. Now Yeltsin realizes he has given away too much, too fast. He knows patriotism and a healthy nationalism will...
...Administration's political headache is made worse by the specter of increased illegal immigration. Although soft-pedaling the issue, Clinton officials are deeply worried that the drop in income for Mexican workers could seduce thousands to cross the border. Even if an influx does not materialize, the possibility is raising hackles in California and Texas, regions increasingly intolerant of illegal immigration, but crucial to Clinton's re- election hopes...
...There is a specter hanging over this discussion, and that specter is Newt Gingrich," Reilly said, referring to the conservative Speaker of the House-elect...