Word: attack
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...taken. Most physicians support legislation limiting their liability; many urge the A.M.A. or the Government to underwrite a reinsurance pool for physicians who cannot obtain malpractice insurance from other carriers. Some suggest that the patient carry surgical-accident insurance similar to that now available to airline passengers. Almost all attack the contingent-fee system under which lawyers receive a portion, usually one-third, of any award made to the patient...
Sledgehammer v. Gnat. The Department of Agriculture is trying to banish the fire ant. But its latest plan for doing it is under sharp attack by three conservationist groups-the Environmental Defense Fund, the National Wildlife Federation and CLEAN (Committee for Leaving the Environment of America Natural). The Department's program calls for discharging 450 million pounds of a bait containing 1,350,000 lbs. of Mirex-a powerful chlorinated hydrocarbon-on 150 million acres of land in nine Southern states. In a suit filed in U.S. district court in Washington, D.C., "on behalf of all citizens...
...WUSA. Geraldine's symbolic vulnerability propels her to suicide, while Rheinhardt's apathy naturally puts him back on the road to nowhere. It is no secret that virulent ideas infect the U.S. at both extremes of the political spectrum. The Newmans have chosen to level their attack on the right flank; they should have confined their battle to the hustings. To paraphrase a hoary Hollywood adage, messages ought to be sent by Western Union, not fictitious radio stations...
...Manhattan's John Jay College of Criminal Justice, which conducts liberal-arts training for New York police officers. Law Professor Isadore Silver argues that the U.S. has had it relatively easy so far because terrorists have been committing acts that are more symbolic than anything else. "They attack police stations, corporate headquarters, research labs, but more often than not. they call and warn in advance that they're going to do it." Says Silver: "It's as though they were sending up one last desperate cry: 'Damn it, pay some attention...
...world's most visible guerrillas are probably the Palestinians. They can hardly be described as "urban" in the desert camps from which they attack Israeli border settlements, and their attempts at sabotaging Israeli cities have been notably unsuccessful. But the fedayeen have scored a major triumph of sorts with the airline hijackings. They now seem to have concluded that such tactics are counterproductive; George Habash, leader of the extremist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, is reported to have "considerably cooled down" on skyjackings. Nevertheless, they inspired other terrorists by seizing the very symbols of modern technological power...