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...minor errors and one major failure mar Eric Berry's Falstaff: The small things are almost petty, but they make a difference. To cite one only, Berry has been made up with eyebrows that appear perpetually raised and slightly turned up at the outside ends. Thus he looks always surprised and quizzical. Surely, Falstaff is at heart not a questioner: he cares not for the future, lives entirely in the present (Hal's first words to him are "What a devil hast thou to do with the time of the day?") and accepts that present without surprise or query...
...pornography a mounting menace to U.S. youth? Church bodies and guardian groups, including the Roman Catholic National Organization for Decent Literature, the Protestant Churchmen's Committee for Decent Publications, and others, cite alarming statistics and urge various actions ranging from newsstand boycotts to congressional legislation. In last week's Christian Century, the managing director of the American Book Publishers Council, Unitarian Dan Lacy, presents a cool and collected analysis of a situation that normally collects more heat than light...
...THAT "THE POSSIBILITY OF DETERRENCE PROVIDES THE ONLY VIABLE, MORAL JUSTIFICATION." BUT I WENT ON TO ARGUE THAT THE STATISTICS ( WHICH YOU CITE) WOULD INDICATE THAT THERE ARE NO DISCERNIBLE DETERRENTS AND HENCE THERE IS NO JUSTIFICATION FOR THE DEATH PENALTY. I SAID FURTHER THAT SINCE INTENTIONAL UNJUSTIFIED HOMICIDE IS MURDER AND SINCE DETERRENCE IS LACKING AS A JUSTIFICATION FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, PUBLIC EXECUTION IS MURDER NO LESS THAN PRIVATE UNJUSTIFIED KILLING...
...Bureaucratic Stupidity." Last week, when the Combses' lawyer appealed the case in court, he could cite no better reason. The court was not even sure that it should review the case. All legal precedent was on the side of the child-welfare board, which has sweeping power over adoptions in New Jersey...
...noisiest charges leveled against the U.S. by Latin America's Communists (see below) and rabid nationalists is that Yankee capital is used to exploit rather than assist underdeveloped nations. Last week Under Secretary of State C. Douglas Dillon traveled to Puerto Rico to cite the facts. Said Dillon, speaking to a conference of hemisphere economists, educators and government officials : "Instead of extracting wealth, U.S. firms are creating new wealth for host countries." Items...