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...that It is out, can King change himself? In the next 14 months he will make three attempts by publishing novels outside the Pop Dread belfry. The Eyes of the Dragon, just completed, is an Arthurian sword-and-sorcery epic written for Naomi, who read Carrie and has since refused to venture into any of her father's other books. Tommyknockers, still being revised, is a sci-fi epic set in the post-Chernobyl era. "It's about how our ability to make gadgets outraces the moral ability" is all King is willing to disclose. Misery, just about completed...
...made it clear, as she told Congress, that her government would "not stand by and let an insurgent leadership spurn our offer of peace and kill our young soldiers and threaten our new freedom." If her peace effort fails, Aquino vowed, she will not hesitate to take up the "sword of war." Like Abraham Lincoln, she said, "I understand that force may be necessary before mercy." Last week White House and State Department officials went out of their way to support her position. "This Administration fully backs her efforts to find a peaceful solution to the war," said one senior...
...Evil designs are being passed for good intentions, and a sword for a shield." he said...
...terms his heritage a "double-edged sword," noting the special attention given his protest activities--including the 1969 takeover of University Hall. That same year, Thomas was charged with six felony counts for preventing the delivery of linen to Dunster House while the Teamsters union was striking against Harvard Student Agencies, though he says he was only a witness to the events. Thomas says he still believes his family name led Harvard to single him out for prosecution. The charges were later thrown out of court. On the other hand, Thomas says, his name has helped him advance his career...
Besides, strict construction, though drawn as the good sword of conservatism in the current debate, has proved to be a wonderful weapon for liberals in times past. The life master among strict constructionists, Justice Hugo Black, had this to say about the rights of the accused: "I subscribe to the doctrine that the Fifth Amendment, which says 'no person shall be compelled to be a witness against himself,' means that no person shall be compelled to be a witness against himself." And there goes Meese's position against Miranda. Black was also adamant about the 14th Amendment's power...