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Even in clear-cut racial cases, Bork hesitates to wield the equal protection clause when it conflicts with majority wishes. He has criticized the court for striking down a provision added by referendum to the California state constitution that would have allowed discrimination in the sale or leasing of property...
...presidency was by no means assured. Within Chun's inner circle, Roh vied for power with Prime Minister Lho Shin Yong and Chang Se Dong, head of the Agency for National Security Planning, successor to the KCIA. Of the three, Chang, also a former general, seemed to wield the most power. But two weeks ago, both Chang and Lho were knocked out of the race when Chun dismissed them from office as part of a Cabinet reshuffle brought on by the torture death of a student and the subsequent cover-up scandal...
...there any inherent connection between figurative language and questions of life and death, of who will wield and who will receive violence in a given human society...
...many moderate Democrats who were disappointed when Georgia's Senator Sam Nunn declined to become an active contender. Bob Strauss, the former national chairman and a man well suited to wield the kingmaker's mace, thinks Nunn could pull off a variation of the turn-to scenarios. He could announce later this year that his tasks as Armed Services Committee chairman prevent relentless campaigning in Iowa and New Hampshire, but that he will launch a national candidacy in time for the Southern round of primaries on March 8. This could succeed, Strauss speculates, because the earliest contests might yield...
...Tower commission report states the history well. What began as a reasonable exercise to wield influence in a dangerous world failed, not an unusual occurrence in that high-risk game. But then Reagan failed time after time after time to contain the damage...