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While critics insist that Margaret should either shape up or retire completely to private life (meaning off the public dole), the princess also has some sympathetic defenders. Columnist Peregrine Worsthorne of the Daily Telegraph, a staunch monarchist, insists that "royal black sheep there are bound to be" and argues that it is no crime for a Windsor woman to admire younger men, particularly in England's second Elizabethan age. "Admittedly," adds Worsthorne in afterthought, "Roddy Llewellyn is no Essex or Walter Raleigh, but then she herself is no virgin queen." The princess's defenders also recall Margaret...
Kucinich's worst mistake probably was tangling with Chief Hongisto, whom he hired last December over the misgivings of Cleveland's conservative, 2,000-man police force. Hongisto, a liberal and former San Francisco county sheriff, is a staunch defender of gay rights and won national fame last year by going to jail rather than enforce a court order to evict elderly residents from a hotel. Hongisto quickly won the respect of his force by personally patrolling Cleveland's streets, making arrests and enlisting support for the police from citizens' groups...
Carter wasted no time in reminding Begin that the U.S. had cooperated with past Israeli governments in pursuing peace "under the broad scope of United Nations Resolution 242." He noted that "peace can come from a guarantee of security, and our staunch friendship for Israel will continue to be a major element in this foundation for progress." Translation: Israel should give up occupied territory in exchange for a U.S. pledge to support any security arrangements. Begin only looked bleakly ahead...
Ionesco has always remained astray from the "herd." A staunch anti-conformist, he sees the individual artist, and not politics, as the vehicle for genuine social change. He remains resolutely opposed to politically "committed" theatre and, since 1960, has proclaimed himself a "right-winged anarchist" critical of any form of government whatsoever, especially of the disciplined structure of a socialist society...
...Washington, White House and State Department lobbyists were playing a numbers game of their own. The Administration figures it is still ten votes short of the 67 needed for ratification, with just under a score of Senators undecided and 24 staunch conservatives adamantly opposed to the treaties and eager to bury the chance of approval under as many as 40 amendments. The White House believes the odds are in its favor because of two not-so-secret weapons: Majority Leader Robert C. Byrd and Minority Leader Howard H. Baker. Byrd has thrown his considerable support to the treaties, and Baker...