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...kind of case whose outcome seemed to justify Mr. Bumble's judgment that "the law is a ass." A man who jumped in front of a subway train in an attempt to kill himself sued the local transit authority-and won a $650,000 settlement. Only in New York, a smug outlander might be tempted to say. In theory, though, it could have occurred in most states, a dumbfounding example of how a needed legal reform can be pushed to the edge of irrationality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Suicide Payoff | 1/9/1984 | See Source »

...Pillsbury vowed that he would "keep Eagleburger from giving away the store." In practice, that meant preventing him from committing the Administration to negotiations any time soon. When Eagleburger tried to give his assent to a joint statement that contained just such an American pledge, Pillsbury warned him, "Your ass is grass back home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arms Control: Arms Control: Behind Closed Doors | 12/5/1983 | See Source »

...high school setting, the football pep rallies, the steamy sex scenes--it is clearly more than an insipid adolescent anatomy lesson. In fact, because so much of the film deals with larger, more universal themes than the Ampipe High School Bulldogs' unsuccessful attempts to "kick the other team's ass," All the Right Moves has little trouble transcending the bounds of conventional high school prankery...

Author: By David B. Pollack, | Title: A Move in the Right Direction | 11/12/1983 | See Source »

...hypothetical high school football team in a blue collar Pennsylvania milltown--the coach reminds the players that they are nothing but "Dagos, Polacks and Spicks." and that they'll only be able to get a scholar ship to college by eating dirt and "kicking the other team's ass...

Author: By D. H. P, | Title: Football Mania | 11/12/1983 | See Source »

...eviction and by seeking to reclaim landlord-abandoned housing. We support his continued efforts to use state end city funds to develop jobs and businesses on the community level. We support his efforts to stop race and sex related crimes through education and community programs rather than through "Kick ass" police enforcement. And we especially support King's confidence that the Hub can transcend racial hatred and violence...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Mayor Who Should Be King | 10/11/1983 | See Source »

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