Word: byronic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...suggesting that any of the current Justices are in their dotage. Byron White, 67, still plays a little basketball in the top-floor gym ("the highest court in the land"), while O'Connor goes there for aerobics. And everyone does a fair share of the mental exercise on the court. "There may be dreadfully reasoned or mistaken opinions," says William Van Alstyne of Duke University Law School, "but they can't be rationalized by the age of the Justices." Although most have complained about the heavy case load, there is little talk of retirement. "After all," quips University of Virginia...
...result, the National Conservative Political Action Committee spent almost $10 million in 1984 on pro-Reagan activities, and other ostensibly independent groups spent nearly $5 1/2 million more. Walter Mondale, by contrast, had less than $1 million spent on his behalf by independent PACs. In his dissent, Justice Byron White argued that the independence of the ideological PACs is mainly a charade, a view shared by Democratic leaders and others...
While race may not be an issue in terms of the candidates themselves, Rep. Byron Rushing (D-Boston) said yesterday that the future of the district's racial make-up is tied closely to redevelopment and today's winner's position on the issue...
...Switzerland. By then it was just a peaceful backwater. Franz Liszt came here after eloping with the Countess d'Agoult, and he composed a piano piece inspired by the city's church bells. "Happy is he who can stay long by these shores," wrote another aristocratic visitor, Lord Byron...
...frequently sided with the liberals on other questions. Some observers see the San Antonio reversal as the latest assertion of independence by a Justice once considered to be a solid member of the conservative bloc. Last week's majority was made up of Centrists Blackmun, John Paul Stevens and Byron White plus Liberals William Brennan and Thurgood Marshall. "You can almost see them getting together and saying, 'Let's win one against the Gipper,' " says one leading court expert...