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...judges long-pressed by the glut of an estimated 5 million non-felony cases, the key words of Argersinger must have been those permitting "a knowing and intelligent waiver" of the right to counsel. That phrase, says the center, "has resulted in a 95% waiver rate in some lower courts." In Houston and Belle Glade, Fla., according to the report, "it is assumed that a defendant has waived counsel unless he aggressively asserts .[the] right." In other jurisdictions, "defendants perceive, correctly or not, a tacit rule of court that those who ask for counsel are treated more harshly." Defendants...
Though the final decision belongs to the NCAA, the consensus among the players and others involved in the controversy is that the subcommittee's findings will result in a waiver for the players, allowing them to finish their collegiate careers...
...waiver marked only the twelfth time that the U.S. has relaxed the Cuba trade boycott since it was imposed by the OAS in 1964. "The excellent relations between us and the Argentine government are very important to us," explained a State Department spokesman just before the decision was announced, "and we do not want to do anything that would affect those ties...
Officials at State insisted that the waiver in no way represented a "change of policy" toward Cuba. Yet it was clear that Washington's move would contribute greatly to ending Cuba's ten-year isolation from most of the Western Hemisphere. At the urging of Mexico, Argentina and Peru, the Foreign Ministers in Washington last week reached a "consensus" that Cuba should be invited to their gathering next March in Buenos Aires. Several countries, including Chile, opposed the invitation, but even such strongly anti-Communist representatives as Brazil's Foreign Minister Antonio Azeredo da Silveira voiced...
...Latin America ceased after Congress complained about Latin leaders spending huge sums on weapons and then seeking aid to feed their peoples. In 1968 Congress voted against further sales unless the President decided that they were important to the security of the United States. In announcing Nixon's waiver to permit sales to Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela, the Administration put no emphasis on "security" interests. Rogers said that the policy of "paternalism" had not worked...