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...Panthers' favor. Said Chaberski: "In his charge the judge made it perfectly clear about motive and intent. Motive, he explained, is what the defendants would like to do; intent is whether they really intended to do it. And the government did not prove intent." The stunningly swift verdict came after a single written ballot on each charge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JUSTICE: Panthers Acquitted | 5/24/1971 | See Source »

...that day. Brotherhood. Innocence. We Shall Overcome. The time slide is swift and easy. So easy that we must question what it is to which we are drawn back, the dream or the reality...

Author: By Tony Hill, | Title: Evacuations: The King God Didn't Save | 5/18/1971 | See Source »

...difference between the dinosaur and man is that man is creating his own swift-changing environment to which he cannot adapt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 17, 1971 | 5/17/1971 | See Source »

...staff, franking and office space-amount to a campaign subsidy. Last month the Senate Commerce Committee reported out another bill, clamping a limit of 10? per eligible voter on spending for all forms of communication, with no more than half the money to be used on radio and TV. Swift passage by the Senate is likely, although prospects in the House are uncertain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: CAMPAIGN COSTS: FLOOR, NOT CEILING | 5/17/1971 | See Source »

Goaded by Scandal. Aimed at preserving discipline, military justice has always outdone civilian law in providing swift, certain punishment. Goaded by scandal, though, the military has now awakened to the fact that harsh punishment can defeat its urgent efforts to recruit and retain good career men. Says Marine Lieut. Colonel Archie Van Winkle: "We can't afford to keep the prisoner locked up; we want him back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: Military Prisons: About Face | 5/17/1971 | See Source »

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