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...would be wrong to underemphasize new injustices Ellsberg faces--from having his phone tapped to being a police target at demonstrations. However, he is not likely to have to go hungry either, and, in our admiration for his obvious courage, we must steer clear of dressing him in robes borrowed from our romantic memories of John or Robert Kennedy...
...took into account New York Representative Shirley Chisholm. Chisholm, 47, the first black woman ever elected to Congress, announced in September that she would enter at least four primaries in quest of the Democratic nomination. She began her campaign on a characteristically scrappy note: "Other kinds of people can steer the ship of state besides white men. Regardless of the outcome, they will have to remember that a little 100-Ib. woman shook things...
Still, Chapin is convinced that he can steer American out of its troubles. For the moment, he seems to be making progress...
...revolution that Chile's President has been pressing since his inauguration a year ago last week has no parallel in Latin America or anywhere else. As Latin America's first and only freely elected Marxist President, he plans to steer his country of nearly 10 million into "total, scientific Marxist socialism" without shooting, without shoving, and even without very much shouting. If he succeeds, it will be largely because of Chile's strong democratic traditions. As long as Allende governs under the law, Chile's armed forces are not likely to move against...
...than judges pro tem, but the proceedings will be carried out much like civil trials without juries. The main difference: the monetary judgment will not be subject to appeal except on the contention that the hearing process itself was unfair. Regular court officials fully back the experiment, and will steer cases into the new system by refusing continuances in pending suits starting this week; except in unusual circumstances, any attorney wanting a delay will have to go to arbitration. Los Angeles trial lawyers, who selected the 100 arbitrators from their own ranks, are also enthusiastic. Though the hearings will...