Word: child
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After watching "God Bless the Child," an ABC television movie about a homeless family that is forced to break up, Halliday called the station to find out what she could...
...easy. You've got to go through so much. Without the baby I could rent a studio and not have to worry about child care," she said. As for St. Paul's, she said, "It's a lot more homely compared to other places I've been, but it's not home...
...with several bones and joints misshapen from injuries that were never properly treated. Sitting up front every day, just behind Joel Steinberg, is Michelle Launders, 27, Lisa's natural mother. She was 19, pregnant and single in 1980 when, she says, she paid Steinberg $500 to arrange for her child to be adopted. Unbeknown to her, Steinberg kept the girl himself. Last week marked the first anniversary of her daughter's death. Staying away from the trial was impossible, says Launders: "This is something...
...legislation ran afoul of President Reagan. Stating that the bill "cannot be reconciled" with constitutional guarantees of freedom of speech, Reagan refused to sign it. His pocket veto infuriated lobbyists like Peggy Charren, president of Action for Children's Television, who called Reagan's refusal a form of "ideological child abuse." Democrat Edward Markey of Massachusetts, a co-sponsor of the House bill, said 20% of U.S. television stations exceed the proposed limits on commercials. He plans to reintroduce the measure next year and hopes for a more favorable response from the new Administration...
...cluster of high- profile cases turns Manhattan courtrooms into SRO theaters. The line forms early to see former beauty queen Bess Myerson or accused child murderer Joel Steinberg...