Word: bill
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...investigation has picked up a trail of $300 and $500 payments to judges, which the union describes as Christmas gifts. One tape contained Traitz's statement to Judge Mitchell S. Lipschutz that a roofer's nephew, up on a minor theft charge, "just needs a clean bill to get into the Army." Lipschutz acknowledges receiving money but denies doing any favors in return...
...current wave of unrest in Western Europe began last November, when students closed more than 50 French universities in an attempt to defeat a government-sponsored bill that would have tightened admissions requirements and raised tuition fees. Students criticized the changes as "elitist." In December they gained a dramatic victory when Premier Jacques Chirac withdrew the proposal. Part of their motivation was to continue the elitism they deplored: while total French unemployment is about 11%, only 3% of university graduates are jobless...
...Smith- Alam, Robert B. Stevens, Mary Themo Photographers: Eddie Adams, Terry Ashe, William Campbell, Sahm Doherty, Michael Evans, Rudi Frey, Dirck Halstead, Peter Jordan, Shelly Katz, David Hume Kennerly, Neil Leifer, Ben Martin, Harry Mattison, Mark Meyer, Ralph Morse, Robin Moyer, Carl Mydans, James Nachtwey, Matthew Naythons, Stephen Northup, Bill Pierce, David Rubinger, Antonio Suarez, Ted Thai, Diana Walker...
Nevertheless, even Democratic Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut, co- author of a bill to withhold the funds, concedes that the contras will get their money. Senators who voted for the contra aid bill last year are unwilling to reverse their stand so quickly, Dodd believes. Moreover, if both the House and Senate voted for an aid cutoff, they still could not round up the two-thirds majorities needed to override a certain presidential veto. Dodd doubts that the issue will come to a Senate vote. Says he: "I'm not sure if it makes sense to hand the President...
...there is more to come from Washington. Democratic Congressman Mike Synar of Oklahoma plans to introduce a bill this week that would ban all print advertising of cigarettes. (Congress banned cigarette ads from television and radio in 1970.) "This is the next natural step after labeling," he says. Others are not so sure. The tobacco industry notes that similar bans in other countries have not reduced consumption, and the American Civil Liberties Union argues that such a law would be unconstitutional. "As long as buying and using cigarettes is legal, the ban is a violation of the First Amendment," says...