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...Guatemala, Venezuela and Costa Rica, to join. But, to the dismay of some of his colleagues, he has imprinted the Socialist International with his own ideological stamp. The Socialist International routinely condemns human rights abuses in South Africa or South Korea, but delegations heading for East European capitals often steer away from controversial subjects. When Poland's General Wojciech Jaruzelski declared martial law in December 1981, Brandt issued a bland statement of regret noting that "unwanted advice and strongly worded declarations will not help the people of Poland." Brandt has also drawn fire for his calls for "revolutionary change...
...strongest section of the book, Alexander discusses how Harris's trial might have been handled differently to steer towards an acquittal or manslaughter charge, instead of a conviction for first degree murder. Here the author's sympathy for Harris has goaded her to a fascinating exposure of the twists of the American legal system. Her documentation of the mishandling of the case accumulates and convinces. One point is particularly striking. Harris's defense did not deem psychiatrists' testimony necessary but the psychiatrists who treated Harris before the trial believe that her refusal to plead insanity was in itself an element...
...PUNKS IN HARVARD SQUARE have become fixtures as familiar as the leafletters and construction workers. Stationed at the T stop next to At of Town News, these black leather-clad youths with shaved heads and chains neatly part the otherwise amorphous crowd Steer clear, take a peek, then maybe chance another look, but don't gawk-everyone reacts the same way. Yet it doesn't take more than a few peeks to realize there's more to this crowd than roughness. The striking punks aren't trying to threaten--rather, their severe looks and loud music are a desperate effort...
...Congress, a loosely knit "reform caucus" of 50 members, ranging from conservative Republicans to liberal Democrats, has tried to steer a course between the hawks, who would give the generals whatever they request, and the doves, who are dedicated to beating all new weapons into food stamps. "Our emphasis is not on where we can cut, but where we can replace with something more cost effective," says Democratic Senator Gary Hart of Colorado, one of the group's founders. Among the leading members are Democratic Senators Carl Levin of Michigan...
Rosovsky acknowledged criticism that the College was either too liberal or too restrictive, saying that Harvard was trying to steer a "centrist" course through the Core's emphasis on teaching the basic modes of thinking...