Word: andersen
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Well, he can't. U.S. District Judge Wayne Andersen last week issued an injunction reaffirming a February restraining order that forbade the police to conduct sweeps of public-housing projects during which they searched apartments without obtaining warrants. The judge in March modified the order to allow cops to ransack without warning a building's "common areas" (lobbies, hallways, stairwells), and it was such a "vertical patrol" of the Stateway Gardens complex that Ghost joined. But Judge Andersen agreed with an American Civil Liberties Union complaint that warrantless searches of individual apartments violated the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution, which...
...twirls. She giggles. She's no bigger than your thumb. Who is she? Why, Thumbelina, of course, the aptly-named "star" of the latest animated adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale. The movie was produced and directed by Don Bluth of "An American Tail," with music by Barry Manilow. "Thumbelina'"s makers try hard to follow Disney's lead in producing animation that appeals to both adults and children. However, the movie's confused plot and lack of engaging characters, despite a number of talented voices, prevent it from achieving this goal. A film of a few good...
Ultimately, it is the muddled storyline that detracts most from the movie. To their credit, the adapters have tried to follow Andersen's tale quite closely, paying attention to such details as Thumbelina's walnut-shell bed. However, because of their effort to incorporate everything as well as adding their own touches, the audience never "gets to know" the myriad of characters who traipse across the screen. Thumbelina herself seems unable to stay focused for more than a couple of seconds, and can't seem to decide whether she wants to go home, find Cornelius, or run away and join...
...Andersen said proposed antismoking legislation does not need to be implemented to be effective...
...Permits would allow health departments to know where all tobacco outlets in a community are," Andersen said. A list of tobacco sellers would enable law enforcement to monitor illegal tobacco sales to minors more strictly, she added...