Word: suspectible
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With this background, he was picked by the President's Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence to head a study of the clashes between cops and civilians during the Democratic Convention in Chicago last August. No one could suspect Walker of pro-hippie bias; so his report had all the more impact last week when it accused the police themselves of rioting. The report, Rights in Conflict (TIME, Dec. 6), found fault on both sides-but came down harder on Chicago's police for losing control not only of the crowds, but also of themselves...
Tass, the Russian news agency, has confirmed that both Zonds were preparatory shots for a manned flight and carried living creatures to test radiation effects near the moon. U.S. scientists suspect that Cosmonaut Georgy Beregovoy successfully tested life-support systems for a manned lunar mission during the earth-orbit flight of Soyuz-3. If so, a Soviet lunar spacecraft may finally be man-rated-ready to carry passengers to the moon in December...
Friendly also worries because only a slim majority on the Supreme Court now holds that it is legal for police to require a suspect to cooperate in certain scientific tests. Nothing in the amendment, he says, should be construed as protecting an accused man from a "reasonable examination of his body" or from having to submit to voice and handwriting tests or furnish blood and urine samples. To prevent the court from outlawing such techniques, he suggests that they be specifically excluded from Fifth Amendment privileges...
When it comes to the interrogation of criminal suspects, Friendly argues for a more narrow interpretation of the Fifth than the court gave in Miranda v. Arizona (TIME, June 24, 1966). At the very least, Friendly believes, a policeman investigating a crime should be able to question a suspect on the street before taking him into custody. Yet he fears that the court may eventually bar even this. Nor is it asking too much, says Friendly, to require a man brought to the station house to identify himself. Agreeing with the goal of Miranda-to make certain that the rights...
...impressive passer nor a particularly outstanding runner. And his play selection is sometimes suspect. He is currently being billed as an 'All-American candidate.' His campaign platform is simple: He's a winner." -- Dick...