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...commission argued that in a crisis, the Midgetman would be a less tempting target for a Soviet first strike because it would take numerous attacking warheads to destroy a mobile missile and even then the attackers would only knock out one missile. That contrasts with the stationary MX and its 10 warheads...
...expected we do the right thing." That was Martin Light's description of the simple code he followed during his 15 years as an attorney for the Mafia. And what exactly was the right thing? Counseling mobsters to perjure themselves, take the Fifth Amendment and destroy evidence; helping them to intimidate witnesses and jurors; paying off judges, prosecutors and police officials; and even fingering clients as suspected informants. "To do the right thing means to protect the family," explained Light. "It's a way of life...
...been a great orchestra from the time of Stokowski. But Stokowski's personality was much different from Ormandy's, and it is natural that with the change of the conductor, the orchestra, having another experience, will also change. When I took the orchestra, my purpose was not to destroy the past but to continue the chain...
...pardon to any political prisoner willing to renounce the use of force. Aquino believes that the insurgency will lose much of its momentum once Marcos leaves office. But she insists that she will use force to fight any group that seeks to overthrow a genuinely democratic government or "destroy our cultural heritage, including our belief in God." Early in her campaign Aquino gave Marcos a target of opportunity when she said that she would offer Communists who eschewed the use of force a place in her government. Later she backed away from that statement, choosing to emphasize instead her personal...
...band of benign vigilantes takes hold. But for many others, it quickly tarnishes. Some villagers balk because the advance team has already pushed on to the next villages, leaving in its wake a "shadow government" that coerces support and suppresses criticism. Others are shocked when the guerrillas destroy businesses belonging to people who have refused to pay N.P.A. "taxes." Most important, many who may initially welcome the "instant justice" guerrillas apply to abusive individuals change their minds as vengeance turns capricious and arbitrary. Salve Regalario, a guerrilla who surrendered to the military in September 1983, described the interrogation of Elmundo...