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...blood-bath, let's get it over with. No more appeasement." It is to be hoped that Rcagan's omens prove to be inaccurate, just as we hope that demonstrators can channel their militance into a more cogent and solidified force. But it is imperative that each of us confront the reality of an escalating situation and eschew criticisms that stem from a futile nostalgia for a time that has passed...
...explains why the ruled defer to their rulers. Ceremony does explain. Legend, myth, and self-deception-the pomp of government-"siphon off dangerous emotions" and screen politics from public view. Cabinets, parliaments, and monarchy lacked the substance of power. Crossman wished to strip government of the Noble Lie and confront his audience with the garish clanking of the party machine. He may even have wished to demonstrate the drawbacks of the British system to Anglophile political scientists. But, as the Godkin series proceeded, he showed much affection for that "efficient secret" and an alarming distaste for constitutional limits on executive...
...flung his court-appointed lawyer's files to the floor. After unheeded warnings, the judge expelled Allen from the courtroom. Allen was convicted of armed robbery, but later petitioned the federal district court from jail for relief on the grounds that he had been denied his right to confront his accusers. In last week's decision on Allen, the Supreme Court promulgated a new rule: a defendant who makes the progress of his trial impossible has effectively waived his constitutional right to confrontation, and can reclaim it only when he is willing to behave in the courtroom...
...same time, many young blacks question integration if it means that white norms and values must necessarily be imposed on blacks. Young blacks are just as eager as whites for the skills that ensure economic survival in a technological society. Yet often enough when they acquire those skills, they confront prejudice at the hiring level (see BUSINESS...
...class youths to help their brothers in the ghetto. The most visible signs of the new black consciousness are Afro hairstyles, dashikis and geles (women's African headdresses). But the new psychology goes much deeper than costume. Today many of the young black generation are openly determined to confront American society as men-black men. They are, as they say, "getting it together...