Word: court
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...lower tiers, where the daily life of the nation is conducted, abortion is sure to remain a burning issue. So long as Roe survives, the pro- life movement will keep up pressure for its reversal. And if the court dismantles Roe, the U.S. is likely to see a situation not unlike the one it lived through during Prohibition, when the law was flouted -- sometimes openly, sometimes covertly but very widely. A new era of uncertainty will open for American women, whose opportunities in life have been transformed in part by the freedom that Roe afforded. But two things are certain...
GUTS AND GLORY: THE RISE AND FALL OF OLIVER NORTH (CBS, April 30, May 2, 9 p.m. EDT). Following his real-life trial, the embattled lieutenant colonel (David Keith) gets his day in TV court, courtesy of a two-part docudrama...
...Executive News Conference with a spirited defense of the President's first 100 days. Cabinet Secretaries painted a dismaying picture of U.S. drug, environmental and educational problems. One morning was spent in the CIA's domed and soundproofed "bubble" with officials, including Director William Webster. In a majestic Supreme Court conference room, Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy paced cheerfully as he quoted from Shakespeare and the Constitution. Assuring his visitors that it was all right to stay longer, Kennedy quipped, "Hey, I'm going to be here for the rest of my life...
With so much at stake, Washington wasted no time in showing its support. On the same day that a Warsaw court officially legalized Solidarity, George Bush announced a plan to ease Poland's $39 billion foreign-debt burden, stimulate investment and improve its weak economy. "The Poles are now taking steps that deserve our active support," said the President, adding that the package was "carefully chosen to recognize the reforms under way and to encourage reforms yet to come now that Solidarnosc is legal...
This never came to court but came instead to an agreement in which Marriott and Prime each put up $500,000 to enable as many as 90 old-timers to incorporate in 1986 as Franchise Associates, Inc. A year later, 54 of the licensees actually bought stock in the new company. FAI now includes 137 individually owned Howard Johnson's restaurants in 26 states, a far cry from the 1,040 of yesteryear, but still . . . And although they don't all have all 28 flavors of Howard Johnson's ice cream, an FAI spokesman admits, they all have at least...