Word: civilizations
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...seniors. Gradually, however, he increased in stature and influence. Then the death of his brother Robert heaped personal responsibilities on him, making him the leader of the Kennedy clan, and that made him a more serious figure in the Senate as well. He carved out areas of expertise in civil rights and law enforcement, hired better staffers, did his homework and became a sharp debater...
...compromise, for example, on the testy question of whether nominees for federal judgeships should be required to resign from private clubs that discriminate against blacks. The problem arose over Carter's nomination of a Tennessee jurist, Bailey Brown, to the U.S. Court of Appeals. Brown had a strong pro-civil rights record as a district court judge, but he stubbornly refused to resign from the all-white University Club of Memphis. Thurmond and Kennedy worked out a compromise: Brown agreed to stop participating in club activities, and Kennedy and Thurmond cosigned a letter suggesting vaguely that it was "inadvisable...
Thus ended the life of Jesse Walter Bishop, 46, heroin addict and career criminal who committed his first armed robbery at age 15 and passed 22 of his last 27 years behind bars. With similar steadfastness, Bishop had denounced all efforts made on his behalf by civil libertarians to stay his execution for the 1977 murder of Newlywed David Ballard, 22, during a casino stickup in Las Vegas. Indeed, Bishop waived his right to a jury trial and immediately pleaded guilty to the killing...
...1960s, under Chief Justice Earl I Warren, the Supreme Court fashioned I a goad for social progress out of two 14th Amendment phrases-due process and equal protection of the laws-with specific application to civil rights and criminal law. Liberals praised the court for championing the rights of the traditionally powerless-blacks, the poor, criminal defendants. Others denounced it for excessive zeal and social meddling...
...only be the property of HEW for another six months," Karnovsky said she hopes that the links already established will transfer to newly-created Department of Education. While women have been given no specific department in the new agency, most believe the new agency will stress equal access and civil rights--and that President Carter's nomination of Judge Shirley Hufstedler to be the agency's secretary will help the cause...