Word: court
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although Harvard filed suit in Boston Federal District Court more than two weeks ago, Richard W. Renehan, an attorney at Hill & Barlow, says he cannot predict where the case will go until December 18, when Merrill Lynch has said it will legally respond to the allegations...
...desecrating the Stars and Stripes has become a bit of a fad. Last week four demonstrators staged a torching on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. Among the participants: Gregory Lee Johnson, whose conviction for setting fire to a flag at the 1984 Republican Convention led to a Supreme Court ruling upholding the constitutionality of the practice. Said Johnson: "We're back...
...burning was designed to produce a quick challenge to the Flag Protection Act of 1989, passed by Congress last month amid an orgy of jingoistic rhetoric. If the Supreme Court strikes down the law on constitutional grounds, as seems likely, Congress might be stampeded into approving an anti-flag burning amendment urged by President Bush. It might be wiser to turn down the heat...
...Hughes (.906, 2.79). Roy wasthe netminder named to the NCAA tourney teamwithout even playing in the finals. Hughes, thesmallest player on last year's team, provedhimself to be the hardest to miss with his on-andoff-ice antics. Hughes followed up aheart-stopping performance in the Beanpotsemifinals by holding court in the Boston Gardenlocker room--then gave another unforgettableperformance on the 11 o'clock news...
...outraged to read in The Crimson that Dean of the Law School Robert C. Clark is worried about providing too many litigation services to the poor. The last I heard, low-income Americans were hardly in danger of being over represented in court...