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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...term with the usual flurry of opinions, the U.S. Supreme Court announced some of its most important decisions of the year. The most immediately controversial: a ruling in a Georgia case that declared racial gerrymandering unconstitutional under the 1965 Voting Rights Act-a decision that is certain to alter the country's political landscape. By a 5-to-4 vote the Justices ruled that legislative districts drawn with race as the "predominant" motivating factor should generally be struck down. Black officials, many of whom owe their first-time election to racially conscious redistricting, were stunned and outraged. President Clinton called...
...Opie Cunningham!" folks on the street still yell out when Howard walks by, combining the names of his TV alter egos. Since his days as a child actor, however, Howard has gone on to direct a string of high-concept but engagingly human Hollywood entertainments (Splash, Cocoon, Parenthood) while maintaining his sitcom reputation as the most likable kid on the block. Not that Howard's easygoing nature prevents him from firing unprofessional actors or screenwriters who can't deliver the goods. "He's tougher than all of us," Creative Artists Agency chief and Hollywood hardball player Michael Ovitz has said...
...toppling, as churches and synagogues and places of worship are not for vandalizing, flags are not for burning," said House Judiciary Committee Chairman Henry Hyde (R-Ill.) The 312-120 vote -- which included support from 219 Republicans and 93 Democrats -- easily surpassed the two-thirds majority needed to alter the Constitution. TIME's Laurence Barrett says the bill has a "very good chance" of clearing the required 38 state legislatures, "not because many elected officials enthusiastically support it, but rather because it's the politically easy thing to do." It would first have to clear a more "sober and cautious...
...Unless colleges like Harvard drastically alter their selection processes-currently the one hard copy of the application and authenticated hard copy supporting materials are passed around at meetings at which applicants' qualities are discussed--a hard copy of all materials will be needed," Martin says...
...boost ratings with stranger than usual story lines. On ABC's 26-year-old serial One Life to Live, Viki Lord Buchanan's multiple-personality disorder is wreaking havoc again after years of dormancy. During the mid-'80s the matronly blond heroine (played by Erika Slezak) harbored only one alter ego: racy barfly Niki Smith. But now Viki is plagued by four additional inner selves, including kidnapper Jean Randolph, corporate saboteur and future arsonist Tori, a thug named Tommy and a vulnerable little girl viewers know as Princess...