Word: abe
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...RUINED MAP, by Kobo Abe. In this psychological whodunit by one of Japan's best novelists (The Woman in the Dunes, The Face of Another), a detective turns a search for a missing husband into a metaphysical quest for his own identity...
...RUINED MAP, by Kobo Abe. In this psychological whodunit by one of Japan's best novelists (The Woman in the Dunes, The Face of Another), a detective turns a search for a missing husband into a metaphysical quest for his own identity...
...fast-moving world of Washington, the case of Abe Fortas has ceased to be prime dinner-party conversation. But in Fortas' old law firm of Arnold & Porter, the debate over the embattled ex-Supreme Court Justice continued for weeks and posed an agonizing dilemma: Should the firm welcome him back? The decision lay with the 34 partners, and at first many seemed inclined to forgive Fortas' questionable relationship with convicted Stock Manipulator Louis Wolfson. Then a number of partners began to harden their view. In the end, only Founding Partners Paul Porter and Thurman Arnold argued strongly...
...Votes. While Burger has expressed his dissatisfaction over the court's doctrines on criminal procedure, he is not expected to try to dismantle much of the court's work in this or in any other field. Even if the Justice appointed to the seat vacated by Abe Fortas proves critical of the Warren court's decisions, there will still not be enough votes to alter the court's direction significantly. In Brown and Gideon, the court spoke with a unanimous voice. Just one Justice dissented from the ruling that ordered an end to prayers and Bible...
Ever since the fall of Abe Fortas, critics of the Supreme Court have been urging Congress to impose a stiffer code of financial ethics on judges. Last week, at the urging of Chief Justice Earl Warren, the Judicial Conference of the U.S., composed of 25 leading federal judges, beat Congress to the punch by adopting a tough code...