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Endorsing "the idea of neighborhood schools," Leary adds that many parents have told her they did not want their children riding buses if there were schools nearby. Dealing with busing, thought, Leary admits, is a sticky problem from a legal standpoint since the city is using it as part of a voluntary desegregation plan...
...pardon from President Reagan for authorizing illegal break-ins aimed at the radical Weather Underground group in 1972 and 1973. In Phoenix, former Attorney General Richard Kleindienst, who succeeded John Mitchell in 1972, was indicted for perjury during a state bar investigation. Most interesting of all from a legal standpoint, former Vice President Spiro Agnew suffered some setbacks in an unusual taxpayers' suit that stems from his years as Governor of Maryland. The suit, scheduled to go to trial in Annapolis this week, is attempting to recover kickbacks that Agnew allegedly received from Maryland contractors...
...ever been forwarded for keeping a shotgun next to the bed. For example, "it is a more socially acceptable firearm than is any assault rifle or submachine gun." Still not convinced? "Shotguns possess a menacing look all their own, they are simple to operate, and from a tactile standpoint, the noise of a shotgun action closing is something to strike terror into the heart of a man at the business end of the barrel...
...rules varies enormously. In Arizona, guns can be purchased by simply filling out a form. In New York, by contrast, a purchaser must pass a background check and complete a marksmanship course before getting a permit to carry a gun. Registration has a limited impact on crime. "From the standpoint of homicide prevention, it is meaningless whether a gun is registered," says Detroit Psychiatrist Emanuel Tanay, a gun-control advocate...
...conviction, the major abuses to human rights are occurring today. But this is an ancillary problem related to our more strongly held concern that past human rights policies have in many instances been counterproductive, not only to the objective of strengthening human rights but also from the standpoint of vital American interests...