Word: vigilantism
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Decent citizens attempted legal and political action, but to no avail. It was the Garden Club, vigilant and resourceful, which provided a solution. It simply sent observers to record the license plate numbers of cars seen at the parlor, looked up the owners' names and telephoned the wives of the...
Slow Reform. The expanding spectrum of recruiting abuses exasperates Veteran Penn State Football Coach Joe Paterno. "Recruiting is demeaning," he says. "The N.C.A.A. has not in any way met its responsibility in policing recruiting rules." But what can be done? Paterno suggests that the N.C.A.A. should follow the "vigilant example...
The system could be made more efficient, police say, by switching to color TV for a better picture, putting in zoom lenses and using video tape so that a record of a crime could be produced in court. Even in their unimproved state, the cameras have aroused the fears of...
The style can work, as it did against the Irish, but it calls for constant heads-up ball and for every player to be smart all the time. Most especially it calls for the defense to be vigilant and the goalie to be very stingy. The idea is to win...
Now the President further conceded that, in his re-election campaign, "unethical, as well as illegal, activities took place." To that, he added: "None of these took place with my specific approval or knowledge. To the extent that I may in any way have contributed to the climate in which...