Word: willfullness
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The first is that contrary to what Sen. Orrin Hatch (R. -Utah) and his conservative colleagues will insist, the Hinckley verdict is not an expansion of the rights of the accused. It is novel only because the insanity defense has never worked in such a widely publicized case. The verdict...
A small, willful faction of Saturday's crowd planned on Monday to "blockade the bombmakers," shutting down for a day the U.N. offices of major nuclear powers. More typical of the galliers Saturday were concerned mainstreamers like New York Mayor Edward Koch. Said he: "It's terrific to...
Ever since 1943, when Leonard Bernstein, then 25, became famous by stepping in for Bruno Walter with the New York Philharmonic, the musical world has been waiting-impatiently-for the arrival of the next comparably compelling American conductor. Bernstein is now 63, and the wait goes on. Lorin Maazel? Indisputably...
GOODMAN'S ATTACK offers a vivid example of the extremism fostered by the Israelis uncompromising attitude--what Defense Minister Ariel Sharon calls the "will to live." It should therefore make Israelis take stock and reassess their country's intransigence. By basing their nation's survival upon military force and repression...
Self-consciousness and willful deception emerge as long-standing Steinbrenner traits dating back to his comfortable suburban boyhood in Ohio. Steinbrenner's austere German father--whom he credits with instilling toughness in him--placed heavy demands on his only son. For one thing, he forced young George to wear a...