Word: offing
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Sir: As I watch the systematic elimination of the leaders of the Black Panther Party [Dec. 12], I wonder how many of us, when it's all over, will say we didn't know what was happening?
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Sir: The Panthers advocate the violent overthrow of our Government. In their houses are arms and weapons of violence, surely meant to be used on the police or anyone who threatens them. Now law-enforcement officers must explain themselves after defending the public and themselves from what looked like certain...
Sir: The police are in no position "to feel just as violently about the Panthers." The Panthers' position is a political one. The police, however, are an executive agency, empowered only to enforce the will of the majority, the law. As such, they are not entitled to a corporate...
Sir: Reading Dr. Yablonsky's quotations on hippies [Dec. 12], I couldn't help thinking that here another American minority gets blamed, and doubtless it will have to pay for the criminal actions of some insane individuals. True hippiedom has not only turned out to be a strong...