Word: vigilantism
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No one knows how large a role fatigue has played in train and air disasters over the years, but the danger is undisputed. A drowsy engineer and crew were deemed the probable cause of the 1988 head-on collision of two Conrail freight trains near Thompsontown, Pa., a crash that...
What all this implies is that TV's impact is pervasive and to a large extent inevitable. That impact cannot be wished away; all that can be done is to try to understand and control it. Reforms of the sort Congress has enacted are a salutary step. Networks and stations...
Airlines are understandably reluctant to discuss how the crisis has affected security arrangements. Typically, a Pan Am spokesman says only that security procedures at Pan Am have been "enhanced." At London's Heathrow Airport, travelers report that the beef-up can add 20 minutes to the already lengthy process of...
The crumbling of the Iron Curtain has, if anything, accelerated the quest for ties that will bind across national frontiers. Now that the West is freed from its obsession with the menace to the East, statesmen are likely to be more vigilant against the dangers of nationalism in their midst...
Ever vigilant against police excesses, Brennan castigated his colleagues for their refusal in 1981 to review a suit brought by lawyers for a 13-year-old girl who, during a sweep to detect drugs, had been humiliatingly sniffed by police dogs in her classroom, then strip-searched. He denounced the...