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...will have survived a final death rap for five years. He has also been told that he will "probably" be freed if he petitions Nuevo León's governor for commutation. But Simmons is an obsessively stubborn man: he refuses to make any move that might be tantamount to admitting guilt...
...essential link between society and its marginal members, a form of communication which can promote understanding between the law and the lawbreakers. The press cannot perform this function if it does not have the right to protect its sources--without this right, talking to a reporter would be tantamount to confessing to a judge...
Questions of Understanding. Like Bonaparte, De Gaulle quickly discovered that the mere invasion of Russia -however glorious-is not tantamount to victory. On the night of his arrival, after a dinner of caviar, cucumber soup, and jellied deer's-tongue, De Gaulle struck his main theme: "France would like to see the harmful spell [of the cold war] broken and, at least as far as she is concerned, a beginning of new relations toward relaxation, harmony and cooperation with the East European states. Paris, in talking of this to the East, necessarily addresses itself to Moscow. The re-establishment...
Recommendations for honorary degrees are made by the Corporation (the President and Fellows of Harvard College), but must be approved by the overseers. Recommendation by the Corporation is usually tantamount to election...
Justification, however, is not tantamount to satisfaction. The notion behind Harper precludes the possibility of a well-knit mystery, and it is only at the very end that this becomes evident. Thus anyone who tries to figure the mystery out feels cheated. If you don't try you will be spared what is really the one failing of a fine movie...