Word: courtly
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...District Court Judge Gerhard Gesell is known as a tough sentencer, but he turned surprisingly lenient last week. Though Gesell could have sent former Lieut. Colonel Oliver North to prison for ten years for his role in the Iran- contra affair, the judge declined to do so. Instead, after listening to North softly declare that he had grieved over his "mistakes," he handed North three suspended sentences, two years' probation, $150,000 in fines and 1,200 hours of community service in an antidrug program for inner-city youths. (The Navy promptly suspended North's $23,000-a-year pension...
Republican Bob Martinez is the first Governor to announce a special session of the state legislature to deal with abortion; he says he will call it sometime before mid-October. One legislator has already filed a bill mirroring the Missouri law upheld by the Supreme Court; pro-lifers plan to introduce further measures, including one allowing fathers to intervene in abortion decisions. But it is far from certain that any restrictions will be enacted. A poll in May found that 59% of Florida voters and 51% of state legislators consider abortion a private matter. Pro-choice Democrats will...
Only hours after the Supreme Court's decision inviting states to enact restrictions on abortion, Democratic Congressman James Florio, who is running for Governor, announced he would veto any such legislation if he is elected. His Republican opponent, Congressman Jim Courter, sought the support of the state's Right to Life organization in a primary battle against seven adversaries. But last week Courter began to hedge, asserting that while he would support restrictions on abortion, he would not lobby the legislature for them. Courter, mindful that New Jersey is one of only twelve states that % permit Medicaid funding of almost...
...would have imagined that Ronald Reagan and Anthony Scalia would do for the Woman's Movement what the National Organization for Woman could never do? The Supreme Court decision in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, which gave states more latitude in implementing abortion restrictions, has finally given gender politics a much needed shove...
...five buildings seized yesterday in the city's Dorchester and Mattapan neighborhoods have an estimated total value of $1 million to $2 million. The court-approved seizures prevent the buildings from being sold or altered pending the outcome of confiscation proceedings in U.S. District Court...