Word: burger
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reluctant to peer into the crystal ball and predict just how many appointment Reagan will get to make, but it doesn't take an actuarial table to realize that the ideological balance of power in the Court is at stake. Of the nine justices five-Blackmun, Brennan Burger, Marshall and Powell-are 75 years or older and of these, everyone except Burger comes form the moderate and liberal faction of the court. Should the President get to make two appointments, a reasonable estimate, the Court's teeem drift to the right could become a stampede...
...Alabama law allowing schools to set aside a few moments for silence or voluntary prayer. Should the Reagan Administration's noticeable laxness in maintaining the separation of church and state infect the Court, a reversal may be in the cards for the 1962 Engels vs. Vitale decision when the Burger Court banned prayer from the schools. Just last year the Court allowed a Rhode Island town to use taxpayers money to erect a creche over the opposition of civil liberties and Jewish groups. According to Professor of Education and Social Structure Nathan Glazer, on issues like abortion and school prayer...
Economic Rights. The Warren Court vigorously enforced the antitrust laws in an effort to break up economic concentration. The Burger Court has backed the Reagan Administration's view that the real antitrust test should not be size but economic efficiency. Some experts think that the Burger Court would not have ordered the breakup of A T & T, which was the result of a settlement in a federal district court...
...burger chain's rivals seemed inclined last week to take the fun out of McParty. Wendy's disdained the whole notion of counting hamburgers. Said Spokesman Denny Lynch: "We find it unappetizing...
...Calif. McDonald's acknowledges that it will be unable to single out the 50 billionth patty among its restaurants in 31 countries. But it says that its computer analysts will be able to estimate roughly, about ten days ahead of time, the day and the hour the historic burger will be served. At that time, the company will stage a 3 numbers-popping celebration with prizes for customers...