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Last week, however, Federal District Court Judge Richard Dean Rogers ruled in Topeka that Rodriguez is entitled at least to the protection of international law, the United Nations charter and basic human rights. His extended imprisonment, Rogers concluded, violated all three. Citing testimony by University of Kansas Sociologist William Robert Arnold, the judge said that inmates detained without a time limit endure "more mental strain than an ordinary prisoner." He ordered the Government to prove at a hearing that Rodriguez is dangerous to society or else grant him some form of relief within 90 days, ranging from assignment...
...advent of McDonald's. A hodgepodge of state and federal regulations has been erected to protect small banks around the country by keeping out their big-city brothers. The origin of the geographic restrictions goes back to the 1830s, when Andrew Jackson was fighting Nicholas Biddle over the charter of the Bank of the United States. Populist politicians have always fought nationwide banking on the grounds that small-town financial decisions should be made locally. Smaller banks also claim they would be run out of business if large banks from New York, Chicago or San Francisco were permitted...
...think we should make a complete and through study of the city charter; we must resolve never to surrender our powers," he said...
...political acumen. In public, he is soft-spoken and low-keyed, despite his burly, bulldog looks. Kania has made the unions work hard for every concession, but for the most part he has avoided slashing rhetoric and underhanded tactics. His regime blundered during a dispute over Solidarity's charter, trying to sneak in a clause affirming the party's "leading role." But it beat a hasty retreat when the workers threatened retaliatory strikes. Says Andrzej Gwiazda, 45, a member of the Solidarity presidium: "There is a good impression of Kania right...
...also the type Arthur Bremer used to gun down George Wallace in 1972-a grotesque coincidence that prompted Chicago Sun-Times Columnist Mike Royko to write, with biting effect: "Now that Charter Arms Corp. has the unique distinction of having two famous people shot by one of their products, I wonder if they have considered using it in their advertising. Something simple and tasteful like: 'The .38 that got George Wallace and John Lennon. See it at your gun dealer...