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...condone violence, but asked, "If the 'state of nature' has returned to some big cities, can people fairly be blamed for modern vigilantism? Is it more 'civilized' to suffer threats to individual liberty from criminals, or is it an overdose of sophistication to say individuals can never resort to self-protection?" The Milwaukee Journal, also insisting that violence should not be condoned, noted that in the wake of the Goetz case a hit-and-run driver in New York City had been caught and beaten by an enraged mob. Said the Journal: "Authorities must recognize that their own failure...
...searching for a modern Dover Beach, it might help to pause first at Arnold's. What must have been, in Arnold's time, an attractively hectic seaside resort and sailing port seems strangely lifeless now, in spite of the fact that Dover remains one of the largest passenger ports in the world. Huge, squat ferries chug efficiently and frequently between Dover and Calais. Travelers walk a few steps from a train to a boat and are off. The ease and speed with which a Channel crossing is now done may have deprived Dover of its 19th century character, except...
Although eastern ski resorts are not having the greatest snow season the cold weather and this storm are lifting their spirits. A spokesman at the Killington ski resort, which received six to seven inches from the storm, said that all the mountains lifts-should be open by the weekend...
...invasion of Grenada brought a surge of new enlistments in ROTC programs. The quality of military recruits is improving substantially. The motives for entering the service are not just economic now (the Army as a last resort for jobless youth). They are also patriotic. In his letter of application to West Point, a high school student from Florida wrote, "I will relish having the chance to serve my country in a position in which I can exert a positive influence...
...with earlier statements by Shultz. The Secretary of Defense laid down six conditions for the use of U.S. combat troops abroad. Some were unexceptionable: "We should have clearly defined political and military objectives." But others were more controversial. Military power, said Weinberger, should be used only "as a last resort" to protect "vital interests" of the U.S. or its allies, only "with the clear intention of winning" and only if there is "some reasonable assurance we will have the support of the American people and their elected representatives in Congress...