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...Liberal Token. One immediate token of the new King's liberalism would be whether or not he freed some of the 800 to 2,000 political prisoners thought to be held in Spanish jails. In the view of Spanish legal experts, he could do this by means of an amnesty rather than by using pardons. "There is a very important distinction," one of the government officials told TIME Madrid Bureau Chief Gavin Scott. "An amnesty says you didn't do it. A pardon says you did but you are forgiven...
...opposition is a bit skeptical as to whether this will really happen−and says so out loud. The powerful Brazilian state governors are still appointed by the President. And the President is chosen in a consensus of generals and business interests. The consensus candidate will have a token opponent at the next election in 1978; the election after that might be real...
Last Gasp. The DeCrow group, which took 25 of 34 NOW offices in the October elections, regards Womansurge as a splinter faction of aging professional women willing to accept token advances and avoid new issues. "It's the last gasp of a very small group with a condescending view of what feminism is like," says DeCrow. "If you mention you want to change the behavior of men or if you mention gay rights, they're frightened away...
...Politics gave recognition of sorts last weekend by including them in a special seminar on Mayoral Leadership and Transition. As two of the nation's three big-city women mayors, (the third is in San Antonio), Hance and Hayes proved that as "Madam Mayors" they're not just token females...
Although the marchers had advanced only 7.4 miles into the Sahara -where their progress was blocked by Spanish minefields-King Hassan insisted that this token invasion had achieved its goal...