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...Justices, some of whom have publicly deplored the endless delays in executions, held that the appeals court's action was "tolerable," if not "the preferred procedure," and went on to permit stricter limitations on repeated habeas corpus petitions and on when courts must grant stays. "Truly perverse," said Dissenter Marshall, contending that an inmate condemned to death now has fewer protections than other prisoners. Though civil rights lawyers did not think there would be any immediate increase in executions, all federal courts are free to move with greater dispatch on the habeas corpus petitions of 1,200 death...
...eight stylishly dressed jurists huddled around a stark, white, rectangular table were sifting through endless snippets of yarn and swatch upon swatch of silk, rayon and linen. "We need to soften the yellow to almost a blond yellow," one mulled aloud, squinting at several fabric squares. A green swatch was rejected by one woman with a disapproving, "That's too much of a bathroom tile shade." Another tan square drew the comment, "Good. It doesn't have any shine, like a brown paper bag." It seemed for a time that no decisions would be reached, but after...
...Reagan wrote: "I hope that together we can find ways to promote peace by reducing the level of armaments." In testimony delivered before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Secretary of State George Shultz also struck a note of tentative conciliation. "We do not accept as inevitable the prospect of endless, dangerous confrontation with the Soviet Union," he declared. "We now seek to engage the Soviet leaders in a constructive dialogue...
...weekend of campaigning. It was 7 o'clock on a recent Friday morning, and today the candidate would head for Ohio, then loop all the way back to the northern tip of Maine. Glenn does not like to start his days so early. He is a man of endless patience, but overscheduling Glenn, aides know well, is one of the very few things that cause his temper to blow...
After all, this was the Harvard star who had given possibly more of herself than any other Crimson athlete. In the 12 athletic seasons Martin spent in Cambridge, she spent 10 of them on the Crimson playing fields. And after enduring seemingly endless losing seasons in field hockey and basketball, the success of the lacrosse squad was a deserving and pleasant change. So the frustrating loss in her final collegiate game hurt...