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Glickman: Before Jack Valenti, my predecessor, created this system, there were a hodgepodge of ratings boards, some governmental, some not. It created confusion for filmmakers and audiences and was basically tantamount to censorship, since these boards laid out certain behaviors that could and could not occur in a movie whatsoever. Jack determined that we needed to put some order and structure to this system to give parents some predictability. He felt, rightly so, that the prime purpose of ratings were to give parents information about movies...
Economic Hurricane Re your cover stories on the economic crisis: For much of the 20th century, the nationalization of financial institutions and industry was seen in the U.S. as a rejection of economic liberalism and tantamount to an embrace of communism [Oct. 20]. It's hard to ignore the parallels between, for example, President Salvador Allende's nationalization of Chile's banks and copper industry in 1970, and the U.S. government's recent purchase of part of insurance giant AIG and its bailout of several financial behemoths. It is interesting that the crisis in the capitalist system has been...
McCain's GOP colleagues have not always appreciated his moral crusading or his suggestions that any disagreement with "St. John" about soft-money rules was somehow tantamount to corruption. "He was so condescending. If you weren't with him, you were obviously wrong," Smith says. And McCain sometimes approached debate the way he approached boxing as a midshipman, throwing wild haymakers until someone went down. He has offended the clubby Senate with his sailor's mouth, cursing at Pete Domenici of New Mexico over pork, John Cornyn of Texas over immigration and even the Mormon Orrin Hatch of Utah over...
...International Criminal Court indicts and brings to trial Karadzic and the like, but not the other leaders responsible for no less criminal acts, then she shouldn't be surprised if that sort of criticism of the ICC continues as before. That being the case, to talk about justice is tantamount to accepting - with a loud "Vae victis" - the iniquities carried out by those who seem convinced that their aggressiveness is - and continues to be - simply above the law. Alex Crotta, MONTALTO DORA, ITALY...
...through the courts. Hamdan's time at Guantánamo was turbulent. Officials characterized him as a problematic prisoner, a rabble rouser who turns every order into a negotiation and incites his fellow inmates to acts of defiance. For this reason, he has spent much of his time in conditions tantamount to solitary confinement. Hamdan blamed Swift for failing to improve his life at Guantánamo, often refusing to see him when he arrived and even firing him once. He went on and off hunger strikes, one of which ended with Hamdan being force-fed liquid nutrients in a restraining chair...