Word: connors
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...local aid's distribution among the state's 351 towns will be based on formulas which the governor hopes to propose to the legislature by the beginning of April, William H. O'Connor, assistant secretary in the office of administration and finance, said last week. The legislature will probably not pass the final formulas before late April...
...concluded that the privilege against self-incrimination is violated if a driver is not free to say no to a Breathalyzer or blood test without fearing that his refusal could be used as evidence. Writing the U.S. high court's 7-to-2 decision, Sandra Day O'Connor contended that there was no compulsion, since the driver was free to take the test. The choice, she admitted, "will not be an easy or pleasant one for a suspect to make. But the criminal process often requires suspects and defendants to make difficult choices...
Ronald Reagan has rarely written himself a better script. Faced with filling a vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court, he named the high bench's first woman Justice: the capable, personable and conservative Sandra Day O'Connor. The President's backers were mostly delighted, and his critics were momentarily disarmed. At the midpoint of his term, the choice of O'Connor continues to control the public impression of Reagan's judicial nominations. With little public fanfare, he has appointed 88 other judges to life tenure on district and circuit courts-the federal trial and appeals...
There has also been another glaring absence: new black faces. Reagan's sole black appointment is Appeals Court Judge Lawrence Pierce of New York, who was elevated from federal district court. Only two Hispanics have been appointed, and they serve in Puerto Rico. Four, including O'Connor, are women. (There are three more women and two Hispanics among 21 nominees now awaiting Senate confirmation...
...middle stanza for the crowd of 1650, outshooting Harvard, 10-7. After both Fusco brothers picked up tripping penalties near the midway point, the Crimson had to kill off 40 seconds of a two-man disadvantage A few minutes later. Blair came through after Brown's Tim O'Connor slipped through the Harvard defense Crimson defenseman Neil Sheehy quelled the would be rally late in the period, catching the far upper corner of the net with a shot from the right point...