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...case of the bombing of the disco in Berlin, the counter-evidence is particularly strong: e.g. the unlikelihood of Qaddafi ordering a terrorist act against a nightclub frequented by Muslims and black U.S. GIs, Libya's explicit denial of compliance in the action and condemnation of it, and the fact that a German neo-Nazi organization claimed responsibility shortly afterwards...
...court's decision was heralded in newsrooms. "It's the high cost of litigation that has been stifling investigative reporting," said Anderson. "I think this decision will reverse all of that." Some First Amendment experts were afraid that the court had not given explicit enough criteria to lower courts, but the decision may have an impact beyond the strict letter of its language. "In some cases the melody is more important than the words," said Libel Attorney Bruce Sanford of Washington. Whether lower-court judges will face the music remains to be seen...
...Kennedy appointee, can often be counted on as a conservative vote, especially on criminal-rights cases. A careful balancer, Justice Lewis Powell is a pragmatic statesman who tries to find a middle way for the court on controversial cases. It was Powell, for instance, whose opinion striking down explicit quotas but permitting race to be a "factor" in university admissions achieved the court's Solomonic compromise in the famed 1978 affirmativeaction case Regents of the University of California vs. Bakke. Justice John Paul Stevens is a thoroughly unpredictable maverick, and Justice Harry Blackmun, once derided as Burger's "Minnesota Twin...
...degrading pornography and violence toward women. In a draft report, the panel stated that such materials help to foster the "rape myth," that women enjoy being overpowered. "General acceptance of the view that 'no' means 'yes' is a consequence of the most serious proportions," wrote the panel. "Sexually explicit materials featuring violence (are) on the whole harmful to society...
Endless Love, Scott Spencer's third novel, produced the stuff of most writers' daydreams. Although not all reviewers loved its explicit portrayal of obsessive passion, the book sold well, developed a cult following among young people and some of their elders, and in 1981 was made into a bad but attention-getting movie starring Brooke Shields. Such pleasurable success also breeds pressure. Endless Love was not, as publishers like to announce, long awaited. Waking the Dead...