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...with the author's practical concerns about women who would seek illegal abortions and thus put their health at risk if the Supreme Court ever overturned its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion. (Attorney General Richard Thornburgh recently predicted that the Court would overturn Roe and let states enact their own abortion laws.) The government must address this problem and the problem of punishments for violators before it can ever safely and successfully illegalize abortion...
...wins five seats--as it last did in 1971--it will most likely use its clear majority to enact stricter curbs on developers. It could also refuse to renew the contract of City Manager Robert W. Healy, an Independent ally, and it might investigate Independent-dominated city departments such as Inspectional Services...
...East bloc have been talking about democratization, Hungary has been doing it. Last week, with the blessing of Communist Party leader Karoly Grosz, the parliament passed new laws giving Hungarians the right to form independent political parties and participate in public demonstrations. The legislature also agreed to enact a further measure needed to enfranchise the parties by Aug. 1, giving them ample time to prepare for next year's legislative elections...
George Bush, who endorsed a tougher Senate version of the bill during the campaign, said he would introduce his own ethics legislation. But odds are slim that Congress, without the pressure of an election, will enact a stricter ethics law affecting its own members. Observed Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank: "There were a lot of votes behind this bill, but not a lot of support...
Karl Marx said that historical events and personalities enact themselves first as tragedy and then, in their repetition, as farce. Some of the imitations and reincarnations of J.F.K. have had traces of the farcical. In 1984 Gary Hart, during the primaries, slipped into a bizarre physical impersonation that had him descending the stairs of airplanes with just the gingerly J.F.K. inclination of bad back and his right hand tucked into his jacket pocket, the thumb protruding in the way that Kennedy's always did. The American voter began to think of Madame Tussaud's, or of Elvis impersonators...