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Others contend external threats require such restrictions, but fundamental political liberties are nonnegotiable. Every generations has forced its own threats...whether mushroom clouds and evil empires or invading armies and economic crises. To justify unprecedented compromises of traditional civil rights for supposedly unfamiliar dangers launches a journey all too familiar in history. Ultimately, that's a realization both those inside and outside this Administration should remember more often...
...rest, to know them is apparently to dislike them. Only 15% of Democratic voters now say they are unfamiliar with John Glenn, down from 28% in September. But the percentage of those finding Glenn acceptable stayed the same, while the percentage who found him unacceptable doubled. Most voters said no when asked if Glenn was a "dynamic and exciting candidate" or had "the land of experience he needs to do a good job." Similarly, Democratic voters familiar with Gary Hart rose from 37% to 44% between September and February, yet his acceptability as a candidate did not increase...
...directly encouraging as this one," says Kiley. "One of the main things for us is learning about the attitudes of the inmates. They are disproportionately minorities and very disproportionately poor. They have a tremendous suspicion of the government and of society as a whole, which is something entirely unfamiliar to us. For the inmates it's really, a question of we versus they." Kiley explains...
...European Board of Economists feared that the incipient recovery might be aborted by persistently high interest rates or a sudden crisis in the world's strained financial system. That did not happen, and, at their latest meeting in Paris, TIME'S board indulged in some unfamiliar, if mild optimism...
HANOVER, N. H.--Maybe it's the unfamiliar surroundings. Maybe it's the hostile fans. Come to think of it, maybe the seats on the bus are too close together, and the players' legs get cramped. It could even be the bag lunches traveling teams take on the road...