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...backers, a judge has to look intently over the policeman's shoulder in order to keep the process as pure as possible. "Law enforcement must be sound and aggressive," insists Maryland Attorney General Stephen Sachs, "but citizens must see law enforcement as law-abiding. The government should not stoop to conquer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: When the Police Blunder a Little | 3/14/1983 | See Source »

...matter how bloodthirsty, sick or satanic these criminals get, we must not stoop to their level. The commandment "Thou shalt not kill" applies to us too. Nora Berger Rockville, Conn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 14, 1983 | 2/14/1983 | See Source »

...singular stoop that forces his chin down, perhaps the result of an injury. Part of his right eyebrow is missing. His voice is middle range. He does not appear weak, nor does he appear robust. He has a gracious manner with strangers. His handclasp is firm, his hair gray. He is less bulky than the stereotyped Soviet leader, but not thin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency by Hugh Sidey: Getting to Know Andropov | 2/14/1983 | See Source »

Shagari has shown himself to be a politician willing to stoop to any means to bolster his career. A week after the expulsion order, the 32- story Nigerian External Communications building was destroyed in a fire. At least 30 people died in the blaze, which gutted the head-quarters of the nationally run telephone company, and which cut the country off from the outside world for several days. It was the third government building to burn in the past year-- all three of which housed ministries under investigation for multi-million-dollar government corruption. In each case, all potentially incriminating...

Author: By Errol T. Louis, | Title: West African Tragedy | 2/8/1983 | See Source »

...rest, though Julia Poirier plays an impeccably bland mom. Douglas Faigel does a very lovely pretty boy as Jimmy's friend Kurtis. Susan Damplo provides a sharp-tongued fall to Jimmy as his sister Millicent and David Fruloll's expressive eyes make up or his less-than convincing stoop as the servant Clive...

Author: By Susan R. Mollal, | Title: Whodunit | 10/27/1982 | See Source »

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