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...official start of its new term, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to add two politically sensitive appeals to a docket that already includes cases on gay rights and racial gerrymandering. The Justices said they would review a Bush Administration decision not to re-adjust the 1990 Census to compensate for an apparent undercount of minorities in large cities; the Justices also announced they would review the sentences imposed upon Los Angeles police officers Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell in the Rodney King case. The court's most intriguing question: When will Chief Justice William Rehnquist, 71, who underwent back surgery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WEEK: SEPTEMBER 24-30 | 10/9/1995 | See Source »

...Cornell is a better team than B.C.," sophomore midfielder Emily Stauffer said. "This game had a lot more intensity, and their style of play was tough for us to adjust to. They put a lot of people in the back, and we didn't sort out our numbers quick enough...

Author: By David S. Griffel, | Title: W. Soccer Battles With Cornell to Scoreless Tie | 10/2/1995 | See Source »

This is a program that has won just 10 games in the last three years and has not experienced a winning season since 1987. Many of the players were recruited to play in an offensive or defensive scheme that has since changed. People simply need more time to adjust...

Author: By Peter K. Han, | Title: Why Not To Panic | 9/18/1995 | See Source »

...Network Appliance Box (NAB) installed last spring "has sped up our UNIX operation considerably," Steen said. "We have expanded the box and will continue to adjust the systems to make them run more smoothly...

Author: By Douglas M. Pravda, | Title: Computer Changes Implemented | 9/13/1995 | See Source »

...regulating television viewing, made possible by a new techological innovation. A device called a "V chip" may now be built in to the back of the television, allowing parents to monitor programming that comes into their homes. Each program would be tagged with a violence rating; parents would simply adjust the V chip to the level of violence they would allow...

Author: By Corinne E. Funk, | Title: The Demystification of the Black Box | 8/1/1995 | See Source »

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