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...built on three great weapons, all inherited from Speakers of the past. First, he controlled all committee assignments. Second, only Cannon could recognize members on the floor. Finally, Cannon was chairman of the Rules Committee, which oversaw the flow of legislation. Both careers and legislation depended on his whim. He was called the "Iron Duke of American politics...
...pending appeal so that he could take his case to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court, which ruled last June that newsmen have no absolute privilege to keep their sources secret, has also pointed out that the courts have no absolute right to demand that reporters respond to every whim of prosecution or defense. The Times changed its mind and decided to obey Sirica's order. After Baldwin agreed to release the paper from its agreement of confidentiality, the Times turned the tapes over to the court...
...courts never supported Popkin's appeal, which was firmly grounded on First Amendment rights. Like so many others who have been felled this year by the government's malevolent attitude toward those rights, Popkin was subject to the whim of the government and its agents. He was jailed on a whim, and released on a whim. We cannot help but wonder what the future holds for the freedoms inherent in the First Amendment when the government holds and exercises unbridled powers to detain, harass and jail newsmen, scholars and other law-abiding citizens of this country...
...very clear to me that the work ethic is suffering from a glamour gap. As the occupational glamour index rises and falls at the public's whim, certain jobs go begging while others are coveted...
...guilt and shame when their personal aspirations conflict with their loyalty to the kibbutz. Those who resolve the conflict sufficiently to ask for permission to study outside may run into resistance. "If a girl's heart's desire to become a ballerina is not just a whim, and if she is talented, then she will get ballet lessons," says Asher Golan of Givat Haim. "The final decision is up to the general membership...