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...GEORGE BUSH, the resignation of long-time Supreme Court justice William Brennan is a gift of historic proportions...
...privately held Montgomery Ward (1989 sales: $5 billion), chairman Bernard Brennan sees the new consumer caution in the declining sales of such big- ticket items as appliances and furniture, usually two of his company's strongest categories. Says he: "People are beginning to worry. They are reading more today about factory layoffs and companies failing because of the debt restructuring of the '80s. There's a great deal of unrest out there about job security and even levels...
...outnumbered liberals who argued passionately that Nancy Cruzan's real wishes and interests had been ignored. William J. Brennan accused his colleagues of consigning the young woman to a "twilight zone" in which she might spend up to 30 years as a "prisoner of medical technology." John Paul Stevens charged that the court was treating Cruzan like an "abstraction" and that its decision "reveals a distressing misunderstanding of the importance of individual liberty...
...Some say that Justice William Brennan is the court's master politician. As leader of the court's shrinking liberal wing, he manages to muster more majorities for liberal results than one might expect...
...would never refer to any member of this court as a politician. But I would say this, and I think every member of the court would agree: Bill Brennan is a very attractive and persuasive human being, and also a very able judge. He just celebrated his 84th birthday. He has been here since 1956, and his influence has been profound...