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...Wilson's work or of the Council. These people support neither AIM nor the Council, and do not understand the struggle between these two groups. They only fear that now that AIM has packed its bags and left Wounded Knee, the already difficult battle for survival will be made tougher by a governmental backlash...
...Sadat himself. Later last week he added to his roles of President, Premier and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces the title of Military Governor General of Egypt. As such, he can proclaim martial law at will. The move seemed a clear warning that Sadat is in a tougher mood and will brook no more demonstrations by students or other dissidents...
...part, Wagner kept setting tougher and tougher conditions. He must, Wagner insisted, pick his own running mates. To charges that he would be the captive of Rocky and Rose, Wagner snapped with unwonted acerbity: "I've never been a puppet and I never intend to be a puppet." Repeatedly he proclaimed: "I am a liberal Democrat and always have been." As for next year's gubernatorial race: "I will support a good Democratic candidate...
...President's words are loose, however, his proposals are quite precise. And he gave his highest priority to two of the most controversial-stiffer sentencing and the death penalty. They raise complex questions. Will tougher sentences reduce crime? One hint of a negative answer may lie in the fact that the U.S. has long imposed the lengthiest sentences of any industrialized nation in the world, while also being one of the most crime-ridden. A more direct rebuttal came last week from the Fortune Society, a New York-based self-help group of former convicts. Distressed that politicians never...
Although Starr was seeded first in this year's Easterns, he was plagued with bad luck and tougher opponents. After losing the semi-finals he settled for fifth place. At a squad banquet last week, Starr received the Ames award for the most valuable wrestler on the team...