Word: contenders
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Brown's other line of defense was to contend that Farber and former Bergen County Prosecutor Joseph Woodcock had conspired to frame Jascalevich. Claiming that he was looking for evidence to support that theory, Brown demanded Farber's notes. Farber refused, citing the First Amendment and a New Jersey shield law allowing reporters to keep their sources confidential. Moreover, he insisted he had no information that would establish Jascalevich's guilt or innocence. Farber was cited for contempt, jailed and fined $2,000; the Times was fined $100,000 plus $5,000 for each day of the trial the reporter...
...reforms, which have been endorsed by both student and faculty members of the CRR, will make the CRR a more equitable body for disciplining students, advocates of the reforms contend...
...many areas, where local pocketbook issues predominate, his name is rarely even mentioned in campaigns. Democratic candidates seek his help in raising money and getting out the vote, but they do not expect much beyond that. "Kansans have a respect for the presidency," says Bill Roy, who must contend with farmers angry over Carter's agriculture policies. "I'm not sure his visit will change a single vote, because Kansans are very independent when it comes to voting. They don't vote for candidates because they are endorsed...
Pressure for weakening the act is likely to build. A dozen major federal construction projects now on the drawing boards could be stymied under the law as it now stands. (Largest among that dangerous dozen is Maine's proposed $559 million Dickey Lincoln Dam, which environmentalists contend threatens the Furbish lousewort, a weed protected under the law.) In addition, the Interior Department may add 1,000 plants and 100 animals to its endangered species list, a move that could eventually hold up even more construction. Environmentally concerned legislators in the House last week were scrambling to gain support...
...ominous possibility of rejection of a treaty by Congress. California's Senator Alan Cranston has gone so far as to say that failure by Congress to ratify a good agreement by the necessary two-thirds majority would be "catastrophic." SALT's foes, led by Senator Henry Jackson, contend, on the other hand, that a bad treaty would have its own catastrophic consequences...