Word: draggings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Dayan v. McDonald's, then, will continue to be tried in Curry's court for at least several months. With appeals from one side or the other almost certain, the case could drag on for several years if the lawyers don't settle out of court. One attorney expressing exasperation over what she considers to be a glorified debate over greasy french fries says she hopes the case ends differently: Wouldn't it be great to see Ronald McDonald stand up in the back of the courtroom and yell, "I confess...
...conservatism a bad name. "The religious issues of these groups [abortion, school prayer] have little or nothing to do with conservative or liberal politics," he said. "They are diverting us away from the vital issues that our Government needs to address," such as "national security and economic survival." To drag theological questions into public debate, in Goldwater's view, is dangerously unAmerican. Said he: "One of the great strengths of our political system always has been our tendency to keep religious issues in the background...
...yourself around and pay for your meals," says Rosalie Cyrier, 20. Adds Tumino: "For the first few days, it was kind of weird being able to talk to anybody you wanted." Salesman Frooman, the one who lost the job prospect, went good-naturedly back to work. "It was a drag because it was so long," he says, "but the jury system is the best system there...
Taffy Zimbler sits beneath a large color poster of the Clash in her Strauss Hall common room, drawing deeply on a Marlboro. "Fresh-man Week was a terribly unnatural phenomenon," she says. 'It was really very contrived--there was no need for a special social week." She takes another drag. "Yeah, Freshman Week sucked shit...
...those aren't the only numbers with which the coalition may wrestle. Members say their legal defense funds will shrink as the battles in court drag on and as the effects of Proposition 2 1/2 are felt by the town of Brookline--which has spent more than $100,000 fighting MATEP in court. But Daniel J. Partan, chairman of the Brookline selectmen's ad hoc legal committee on MATEP, says, "Proposition 2 1/2 poses a problem for us, but the MATEP plant poses a problem also. We're committed to preventing damage to the community...