Word: circuitous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...morning rides, which last around two and a half hours, serve as preparation for weekends, when some members compete in the collegiate circuit and non-collegiate open races conducted by the United States Cycling Federation (USCF...
...House Speaker Tip O'Neill. For 62 years the club has been the exclusive golf preserve of Presidents, Cabinet members, Congressmen and corporate chiefs. So long as they were male, that is. Women have never been admitted as members, guests or even maids. Last week Montgomery County Circuit Judge Irma Raker ruled that until Burning Tree begins admitting women, it can no longer enjoy a special exemption under which most of its property taxes have been waived. That exemption currently amounts to $186,000 a year. Said Raker: "Private discrimination may be characterized as a form of exercising freedom...
Discrimination his never been accorded affirmative constitutional protection," notes Judge lrma S. Raker of the Montgomery County (Md.) Circuit Court in taking away the Burning Tree Country club's $186,000-a-year real estate tax exemption. However, Raker also writes that "Private discrimination may be characterized s a Torm of exercising freedom of expression." In other words, discrimination is okay--so long at the state doesn't subsidize...
...atmosphere, the courts have been increasingly forced to intervene. A typical case was Syrkowski vs. Appleyard in Michigan. George Syrkowski and his wife had contracted to pay Corinne Appleyard $10,000 to bear his child, but a state court refused to recognize him as the father. Detroit Circuit Court Judge Roman Gribbs ruled in 1981 that surrogate arrangements are not for a court to approve but are "matters of legislative concern." However, Michigan has no state laws regulating the hiring of surrogate mothers, an omission that Richard Fitzpatrick, a Democrat in the state legislature, has been trying to correct...
...saying that the high-tech boom is over, though, or that Silicon Valley is about to short-circuit on its own success. Well-managed companies with strong market niches are thriving, and investors continue to back new ventures in high-growth businesses. Among them: CAD/CAM machines that are used for computer-aided design and manufacturing, and computer-aided engineering equipment. Still, the El Dorado atmosphere has waned. Says Public Relations Executive Richard Moran, a former Atari employee: "A gym teacher in Indianapolis still views Silicon Valley as the promised land. But a lot of people here...