Word: battlegrounds
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...final battleground, however, may be the courts. Opponents of the measure already have at least three lawsuits in the works. The Florida State Supreme Court, in an unusual move, has agreed to send an advisory opinion to the Governor's office on the state constitutionality of the levy before the measure officially goes into effect on July...
...former dean of the Law School, wrote in a memo to the faculty two years ago that in order to protect the tenure process from becoming a political battleground, he would consider reviewing tenure decisions if asked by either camp...
...commanders warn that an INF deal would leave them overly reliant on tactical missiles and battlefield nuclear weapons to deter superior East bloc forces. If NATO were attacked, the limited range of these weapons would prevent deep strikes into Soviet territory and would probably make West Germany the nuclear battleground...
...site for huge potential oil reserves, Alaska's North Slope has long been a battleground between environmentalists and energy companies. Interior Secretary Donald Hodel renewed the debate last week by proposing that a section of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge be opened to drilling. He would permit exploration on 1.5 million acres of the 19-million-acre preserve, which could contain between 600 million and 9 billion bbl. of crude. Conservationists contend that drilling would disturb the region's delicate ecosystem for little reason: a strike, they claim, would add just 4% to U.S. oil reserves. Canada also objects...
...happen. Up to now though, Hart has run a gaffe-free campaign that provides scant fodder for his hungry rivals. Perhaps his only strategic error was to neglect the Iowa battleground for much of 1986. But Hart's Senate record wins Democratic applause, especially his consistent opposition to Reaganomics and his long advocacy of an oil-import fee. Hart's speeches have grown more evocative and thematic; technocratic details are now left to his position papers, which are voluminous enough to satisfy anyone's hunger for beef...