Word: treasonously
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...isolated too, trapped in America; but here Schlesinger dares not flirt with political or visual subtlety. Everyone is an oaf but our lad. Mom (Joyce Van Patten) is dithery, and Dad (Pat Hingle) scares the falcon, and Chris' girlfriend (Lori Singer) is one big vacant California erogenous zone. His treason is pinned on mid-America, not so much for the evil of its ways as for the banality of its style. Affluence is flatulence; good intentions are to laugh at; filial piety is worth nothing but betrayal...
...what appeared to be a minor concession, the Pretoria government last week released five of eleven black leaders who were detained without charges in the past three months. The remaining six, however, are expected to be charged under the country's Internal Security Act with subversion, treason or promotion of an unlawful organization. The maximum penalty: a life sentence or death. In a further indication of its tough mood, the government last week arrested two of three anti-apartheid activists as they left the British consulate in Durban after seeking sanctuary in the building for 91 days. They...
Eighteen judges, including Anne Boleyn's father, found More guilty of four counts of treason. The defendant died handsomely. To the soldier who helped him mount the scaffold he is reported to have said, "I pray you, Master Lieutenant, see me safe up, and for my. coming down, let me shift for myself...
...race for Jepsen's Senate seat has been a see-saw battle of Iowa mudslinging, cheap shots, and groin kicks. Jepsen's advertisements have stopped just short of accusing his opponent of treason, while one of Harkin's better known television commercials shows a close-up of a snorting hog while a voice over accuses Jepsen of insensitivity...
...Justices can be removed only by House impeachment and Senate conviction on charges of "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors." None have been. - Every West European country permits abortion, at least after rape or to save the life of the mother. - Ernesto Miranda was set free in 1966 when the Supreme Court overruled his conviction for rape and kidnaping because he had not been informed of his rights. Miranda was later retried by the state for rape, found guilty and sentenced to a maximum of 30 years in Arizona State Prison. Paroled in 1972, he was stabbed...