Word: american
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...parents who have set their hearts on white American infants and been endlessly wait-listed or rejected by the agencies, the other choice is to go private. At the hub of so-called independent adoptions, meaning placements outside the agencies, are the ranks of lawyers, who usually charge from $1,500 to $4,000 for their legal work. They typically steer couples through a tangle of laws that vary wildly from state to state...
MASTERWORKS OF LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY, Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Washington. Some 65 of the renowned glassmaker's most vibrant lamps, vases and windows. The ultimate glass act! Sept. 29 to March...
...right? Up to a point, yes. Many of his criticisms of the anticholesterol campaign have been voiced by respected researchers in the New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of the American Medical Association. Certainly, many people have an overly simplistic view of the relationship between diet and heart disease. Observes Dr. Allan Brett, an assistant professor at the Harvard Medical School: "Some patients have been led to believe that lowering cholesterol is like magic: eat a bowl of oat bran, and you're cured. For most, that's not true...
...pivot -- at least on issues like abortion and religion -- seems to be O'Connor. "Liberals have a chance of picking up her vote in some cases," notes American University law professor Herman Schwartz, and so many lawyers target her as the vital swing vote. But that narrow opening may be lost if George Bush gets to fill a seat. With three of the liberal Justices over 80, it is possible that one or more places will become vacant in the next four years. And Bush "has shown nothing to indicate the move of the court is wrong," says Columbia University...
...they involve drug crimes, say civil libertarians, many recent decisions have fallen victim to the war against that scourge. "The rules are going to be applied against all kinds of people who have nothing to do with drugs," warns New York University law professor Norman Dorsen, president of the American Civil Liberties Union. "If the trend continues, many people who say, 'This is a free country, and I can do such and such,' will find that they...