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There is an additional concern among foes of legal intervention. They fear that the real goal in these cases may be an unspoken one: an end run around the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark abortion case, Roe v. Wade. That 1973 decision found that the rights of the mother, rather than the fetus, are primary. Says Leslie Harris of the A.C.L.U.: "Those who want to rush in and criminalize the behavior of women are pushing a different agenda than prenatal care. If they can persuade the courts that a woman who chooses to carry a child to term has obvious...
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor insisted that her gender would not impact her decisions. "I think the important fact about my appointment is not that I will decide cases as a woman, but that I am a woman who will get to decide cases." Nonetheless, since her appointment the court has become remarkably more supportive of sex discrimination complaints, according to a study of cases decided before and after O'Connor's appointment...
...game ended with Mitchell stealing an inbounds pass and being tripped at half court. But only the final buzzer, no whistle, was heard as Mitchell fell to the court, ending his greatest game ever...
...Lord, Geller, Federico, Einstein, which was part of the JWT purchase, has proved more troublesome. Nine months after the deal, co- founder Dick Lord and five top executives walked out and formed a rival firm that they staffed with their former colleagues. Today both sides are mired in a court battle over the takeover and defection. Says Lord: "Martin is a man of property. He believes that the ends justify the means...
...diminished even more with two venerable carriers, Eastern and Pan Am, on the verge of being swallowed up or dismantled. Eastern was losing more than $4 million a day when it entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy last March after a strike by its machinists virtually shut it down. The bankruptcy court has set a deadline for Eastern bids this week. And Pan Am seems to be running on fumes. Last week the once proud carrier said it lost $151 million during the first quarter, following a $73 million annual loss...