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...very closely John Milton's views in his tract Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce, published in 1643. Milton discusses the need for divorce so that man can be more content either with himself or with another: "And this doubtless is the reason of those lapses and that melancholy despair which we see in many wedded persons, though they understand it not, or pretend other causes because they know no remedy; and is of extreme danger. Therefore when human frailty surcharged is at such a loss, charity ought to venture much and use bold physic, lest an over-tossed faith...
Even so, Miranda has plunged many police into despair. Omaha's Public Safety Director Francis Lynch argues, "If we can't get to the truth, we can't solve cases. If we can't talk to the accused, whom can we talk to? The victim is often either dead or missing." Cincinnati Prosecutor Melvin Rueger complains, "Guilt or innocence is no longer the issue. The prime issue is whether a suspect was searched, interrogated or detained." Minneapolis Chief Calvin Hawkinson hits the "tone" of the ruling: "The emphasis of the court's decision...
...matches began fortnight ago with 16 national teams in the running. By late last week, the only teams with a hope of victory were Britain, Portugal, the Soviet Union and West Germany. To the despair of their supporters, the others had fallen to noisy defeat. The loudest wails came from Brazil, whose team had won the cup in 1958 and 1962. A loss to Portugal became a nationwide calamity. From office buildings in Rio and São Paulo, clouds of black carbon paper and typewriter ribbon cascaded onto the streets below; flags were lowered to half-mast, and people...
...book was written largely during the final racking months before Welch's heart gave out. Echoing his own tragedy, it is a lyric, rebellious plaint of pain, fear and despair...
Morgan has visions of fleeing animals, the movie gallops toward terror and despair--and still the slapstick, only mildly successful in the begining, drags on. The last scenes are unabashed surrealism, as the whole second half of the show should have been. There are teasing ideas, of beauty and the beast and rebirth, among other things, that are the most delicate and satisfying form of symbolism. But there is too much of an attempt at humor, at slapstick tragedy...