Word: suspect
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Glazunov is no Soviet Velasquez, but he has certainly prospered. He moved from the garret he had long occupied into a lavish downtown Moscow apartment, and was given an immense studio. So why did he cause such a fuss? Many suspect that Glazunov's legendary ego may have been involved. Not so, says Glazunov. The affair was a matter of principle. Says he: "This is my artistic declaration, and I can't open the exhibition without...
...landmark 1973 decision, assailed the ruling as "disingenuous and alarming, almost reminiscent of 'Let them eat cake.'" Departing from Chief Justice Warren Burger, his "Minnesota twin," Blackmun roundly scolded his colleagues: "There is another world 'out there,' the existence of which the court, I suspect, either chooses to ignore or fears to recognize. And so the cancer of poverty will continue to grow." Justice Thurgood Marshall charged that the court's decision would "brutally coerce poor women to bear children," and said that he was "appalled at the ethical bankruptcy of those who preach...
...Completely immunize a witness from prosecution for any offense discussed during his appearance. (Under a 1970 law, federal attorneys can force a suspect to talk and then prosecute for admitted crimes if they can find independent proof elsewhere...
...Frank Rauscher, American Cancer Society senior vice president for research, insists: "We know doggone well that Laetrile doesn't work." But backers put their faith in tales of miracle apricot-pit cures and refuse to be dissuaded. Many are impatient with the pace of cancer research and suspect that doctors and the drug industry are more interested in profits than cures. The median cost of conventional cancer treatment, including surgery, radiation and chemotherapy, is about $19,000 per patient; Laetrile goes for $1 a capsule and about $10 a shot...
...developed a brain tumor that killed him in office. His brother's experience, as well as his father's career in politics and the foreign service that ended in self-imposed exile in South America because of charges that he had collaborated with communists, led Mac to suspect that politics eats good men alive. By the end of the novel he seems convinced...