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Undeterred, 300 members of Parliament, all from Indira's party, sent a petition urging him to take Sanjay's place. The more Rajiv refused, the more he was accused of wielding power behind the scenes. Ultimately, he could no longer withstand the pressure and, in June 1981, stood for a by-election in Uttar Pradesh and won his brother's seat in Parliament as well as Sanjay's place on the executive committee of the party's youth wing...
...testified that a Japanese crime cartel called the Yakuza has moved into the U.S. with drug smuggling, gunrunning, gambling and pornography. The members operate under a brutal and feudal discipline and often tattoo their bodies from shoulders to thighs using needles that penetrate a quarter-inch, teaching initiates to withstand pain. One Japanese businessman claimed that four high-stakes casinos are run by the Yakuza in Manhattan in cooperation with the Mafia...
...sacrificial slaughter when society crucifies its best leaders on a cross of impossibly high standards. Could the most honest among us withstand this kind of scrutiny? Let's stop this puritanical and hypocritical bloodletting...
...radicals of the 60s witnessed first hand the resilience of institutions to progressive change. Others have seen the establishments at Harvard and other places withstand challenges from outside. But for the idealistic students whose hopes were high, the strength of institutions caused sharp disillusionment with the possibility of fundamental, rapid change. If the revolution was just around the corner, then the block stretched out indefinitely. And before they could reach the end of the block, their four years at Harvard were over, and they had to make decisions about how they were going to support themselves...
Meselson says he will contine to press his investigation of the alleged chemical warfare and expresses confidence that the government story will eventually unravel. If indeed the State Department acted too hastily, it should move quickly to retract its charges and withstand the opprobrium it is sure to receive...