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...Human Rights. America must be in the vanguard of the search for social justice not only here at home but globally. We cannot seek, however, to create mirror images of the U.S. in every developing area throughout the world. It neither serves the purpose of social justice nor the vital interests of America to pursue policies under the rubric of human rights that have the practical consequence of driving authoritarian regimes, traditionally friendly to the West, into totalitarian models where they will remain in a state of permanent animosity to the American people and their interests...
...might have been describing Mark David Chapman, 25, the accused murderer of John Lennon. Since he was a child, Chapman had attached himself to his hero's star, first as fan, then as imitator, finally as killer. Indeed, it is possible that in some distorted, Dostoyevskian mirror within his mind, he saw himself as Lennon-and the real Lennon as a threatening impostor...
...ruling has stirred up plenty of passion in London's tabloids. Wrote Marje Proops of the Daily Mirror: "Since each individual is unique I don't see how any judge can put a time span on love." Added Alix Palmer of the Daily Star: "It is a question which preys on the minds of a great many people, both male and female, married and single. It is very far from being just a giggle, although that is often the best attitude to take if the mathematics don't go your way." Daily Star readers, invited...
Others of the London press were quick to criticize the Sunday Mirror. The paper had acted "disgracefully," editorialized the conservative Daily Mail. "It makes you wince," volunteered Columnist Jean Rook in the pro-Tory Daily Express. A Daily Mail article quoted Lady Diana as insisting: "I've never been anywhere near the train, let alone in the middle of the night." Prince Charles, in New Delhi on a state visit, observed that in the press, honesty and integrity "often get submerged in the general rush for sensationalism...
...Trick Mirror...