Word: branched
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...confusion over the practical effects the law will have. Larry Foster, an attorney for the Clayton County school system, foresees few problems: "All this bill does is say to the religious folks, 'Hey, you can come in too.' " But Ralph Goldberg, a cooperating attorney with the Georgia branch of the American Civil Liberties Union, says he plans to use the law in his suit on behalf of the Atlanta Peace Alliance, which wants access to the city's schools...
...Reagan Administration offered a modest olive branch to Poland last week. Encouraged by Warsaw's decision to free 652 political prisoners, the U.S. decided to lift some of the sanctions it had applied after Polish leaders imposed martial law in 1981. LOT, the Polish airline, will again be permitted to land in the U.S., and scientific exchanges between the two countries will be resumed. Moreover, if the Polish government completely carries out the announced amnesty, the U.S. will go one additional step: it will withdraw its opposition to Poland's desire for membership in the International Monetary Fund...
...world's great libraries, thanks to a new lion in its president's office. Vartan Gregorian, 50, a pudgy, bearded historian who bears more than a passing resemblance to Patience and Fortitude, came to his post as head of the system's four research and 82 branch libraries in 1981, after eight years as professor, dean and provost at the University of Pennsylvania. Born in Iran, Gregorian is an Armenian American who speaks Russian, Turkish, Persian, French and Arabic in addition to his first language, Armenian. He has a disarming habit of dropping articles like the when...
Catherine and Joseph Zak were just being sociable: when Donald Gwinnell visited their Long Branch, N.J., home, they served him Scotch. He drove off-and into a head-on collision with Marie Kelly. Seriously injured, Kelly sued Gwinnell. But then Gwinnell joined her in a separate suit against the Zaks, claiming they were responsible for giving him too much booze and permitting him to drive away...
...applause. When Shamir arrived at a Tel Aviv suburb for a rally, he discovered that local party officials had failed to spread the word. The Prime Minister kept a fixed smile, but later he snapped at the organizers, "You should have told me!" Shamir had better luck at a branch of Bank Leumi in Givatayim, where several dozen customers clustered around him. "Tell your clientele," he said to the bank's manager, "that they should not worry about their savings. We will secure them and never touch them...