Word: counts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hear this particular case, Lee is not alone in thinking that it may be presently disposed to overrule Roe. "I think there's a very distinct possibility that it will -- this term," said Justice Harry Blackmun in September. According to the man who wrote the embattled decision, "you can count the votes." Four Justices -- William Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia, Sandra Day O'Connor and Byron White -- are believed to be against Roe. Speculation centers on the possible fifth and deciding vote, that of the newest Justice, Anthony Kennedy. Kennedy's record is conservative but presents few clues to his leaning...
...promote compromise, at least in the Baltics. At a hastily summoned session of the Supreme Soviet's Presidium on Saturday, he denounced Estonia's actions as "erroneous." But the Soviet leader admitted a need to "improve considerably" the disputed constitutional amendments before they become law. Said he: "We cannot count on success if our transforming work does not take into account the interests of all nations living in our vast country...
...city. Gardener Irvin Williams reports that a new lawn weathered the hot spell and is flourishing. Wood ducks are in the trees, mallards on the fountain pond, 40 or so other species of birds round about. Squirrels, lured by Reagan's generous dispensation of acorns, are too numerous to count...
Believe it or not, if you schedule your theatergoing carefully enough, it is possible to see all nine--count' em--plays that are filling Harvard stages this weekend and next. For the most part, the selection is a stampede of warhorses that you've probably seen before. Still, there should be entertainment aplenty to take your mind off of the inevitable December stress--provided you don't burn yourself out rushing from play to play...
...Halfway through the count, things haven'tchanged." said Thompson. "For the benefit of thetaxpayers, we're hoping they'll call this off andsave the rest...