Word: clinical
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That line provoked the sharpest rejoinder of the day, from attorney Frank Susman, who argued on behalf of the Missouri abortion clinic that is challenging the antiabortion law: "It has always been my personal experience that when I pull a thread, my sleeve falls off . . . It is not a thread he is after. It is the full range of procreational rights and choices...
...people are brave enough to risk a $3 haircut at the local barber college, and fewer still will opt for cut-rate root-canal work done by a student at a dental-school clinic. But a growing cadre of frugal gourmets from Montpelier to San Francisco is finding that meals in culinary-school restaurants can be very tasty deals indeed. A senior's sauce may need a soupcon of salt, or a nervous freshman waiter may tip over your water goblet, but for the most part, cooking-school eateries provide an interesting ambience and fine cuisine at half the price...
Targets are kept secret until the last minute, since Operation Rescue's tactic is to jam all entrances to an abortion clinic before the police can muster sufficient officers to begin arrests or before pro-choice activists can pre-empt the doorways and leave funnels for staff and patients to enter. Some clinics will close if they know they are going to be hit, so Operation Rescue has made appointments at a number of the clinics, relying on cancellations to tell them which targets are unavailable that day. The scouting of the sites has been thorough: there are diagrams...
...Friday before Easter, the rescuers showed up in Long Beach, where the police are under a shadow of alleged brutality. Officers were especially polite, clearing some paths but making no arrests. The clinic closed down. On the day before Easter, in Los Angeles, 725 arrests were made in a pelting rain that turned the rescuers into sodden clumps. Most of those arrested remained in jail over Easter, refusing to give their names or be released until felony charges were dropped against four of their leaders (including Terry). There have been hundreds of such local actions, with thousands of arrests...
Nikki Rival was in the same position, pulling out an exciting 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 win over Brown. Mulvehal gave a clinic to Mahoney, overwhelming her opponent in straight sets...