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...cities nationwide, the Guardian Angels came under fire from civil libertarians who called them "vigilantes," and from police departments who considered them marginally effective nuisances. Still, Sliwa's organization never lost most of its popularity. But reviewing the Angels' record and analyzing a new Guardian Angel anti-crime manual co-authored by Sliwa brings out unflattering sides of the group that police, libertarians and the general public have all overlooked...
...with contractors and scientists directly. The end goal is attaining a thorough understanding of how the space shuttle operates Because astronauts may spend as much as a year dealing with one particular system, each man tends to develop an area or two of expertise Hoffman has written a training manual on the Orbital Maneuvering System, which is one component of a complex guidance system that helps to control and steer the shuttle in orbit...
...faces such a conundrum, and rarer still that authorities try to crack down on book publishers. Freedom-of-the-press buffs, then, will do well to watch closely as a French publishing house and two Parisian author-journalists grapple the moral questions surrounding their publication of a how-to manual on committing suicide...
Already, in Texas, a similar moral dilemma has surfaced with the publication of a manual of "friendly practical advice on how to commit murder." Despite some scattered protest, the level of public controversy has been low compared to that in France, probably because emphasis on free-speech rights and acquired callousness to the junk-book market make it seem just another tome to ignore...
Williams, 39, a flamboyant investment adviser and the author of the popular self-help manual How to Prosper in the Coming Good Years, is making his second bid for a Senate seat. He lost the 1978 race to Democrat Max Baucus in a nasty fight. This time the campaign is gentlemanly clean. Williams describes his present opponent as "a good, decent fellow," but suggests he is the captive of special-interest groups. Roughly $350,000 of the $550,000 already in Melcher's war chest comes from outside the state, mostly from 150 political-action committees, prompting some Montanans...