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...great Dutch Schultz in his decline of empire, he was losing control." The mobster's legal problems are mounting, his bribe money is no longer good in New York City, and gentlemen competitors of Italian ancestry -- Schultz calls them "dago scungili" -- are moving in on his operations. Dreadful events threaten; all of them occur, and then some...
...agree with the majority's endorsement of the Shattuck plan, but disagree with the premise that it would enhance national security by expediting technological developments. The Reagan Administration's fear that free exchange of information might threaten national security is not unfounded. Many weapons in the Soviet arsenal include technology stolen from the United States. Even if loosening restrictions on the exchange of information does not damage national security, it certainly would not enhance...
Besides, granting a college scholarship to an athlete who is incapable of college work does him no favor. He is herded through college, sheltered from serious work that might threaten his GPA and athletic eligibility and exploited for his ability to shoot free-throw or catch touchdown passes...
...other nations experience more rapid economic growth and threaten its market shares, the Great Power feels its security threatened and instinctively spends more on defense, compounding the problem of its long-term economic decline. The Power becomes "overstretched," as it no longer has the capacity to defend all its international commitments...
...solemnly through a Jessup swamp in their dark gray suits, looking for all the world like a lost patrol of Blues Brothers. The result is only frustration and conflagration, as Negro churches, schools, shacks go up in flames. Anderson, a native Mississippian, knows how to talk to the natives: threaten the men, seduce the women. He will take a razor to the neck of Deputy Sheriff Pell (Brad Dourif). He will take flowers to Mrs. Pell (McDormand), who functions as the town's guilty conscience. Her husband ignores and abuses her; now she has the chance to shackle...