Word: favor
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...redress he cites lawsuits brought against asbestos manufacturers 20 years after the original exposure to the workers. But in fact, his case points up the important deficiency in Louis's argument. The plaintiffs accuse the asbestos companies of being directly responsible for harming those who were exposed. Those who favor reverse discrimination, however, would require many whites to bear the burden of redressing the wrongs of their great-grandfathers. And the ancestors of other whites (for example recent immigrants) took no part in the subjugation of Blacks, removing even that tenuous link to guilt, yet reverse discrimination punishes them just...
...article in the January issue of the American Psychological Association Monitor suggested that Justiz's decision in favor of Harvard may have been the result of political pressure brought on the NIE by Silvio O. Conte (R-Mass.), ranking minority member of the House committee which controls NIE funds...
...marked contrast to the outcome of Bouvia's case, a New York Superior Court judge last week decided in favor of an 85-year-old man who wished to starve himself in a nursing home While the doctors have begun force-feeding Bouvia, the anonymous patient died Sunday. The New York judge's ruling, which mentioned the Bouvia case, was based on a number of differences between...
Another maneuver is to adopt a bylaw requiring a super-majority of outstanding voting shares, say 70% or 80%, for approval of a tender offer. Reincorporating in a state with rules that favor existing management is another defense. In Delaware, certain defensive tactics, like issuing rights or options to buy shares of a company, can be approved by directors alone, without a vote by shareholders. Gulf reincorporated in Delaware from Pennsylvania, thus shielding itself at least for now against a raid by Mesa Petroleum's T. Boone Pickens Jr. Many experts question the legality of shark repellents. Dissident shareholders...
...feel the same way the majority of people in the United States feel about the death penalty," declares Texas Judge Michael McSpadden. "Enough is enough on these appeals. It's time to enforce the laws." Most people in the U.S. (68% according to the Harris Survey) do indeed favor capital punishment; and the U.S. Supreme Court also seems impatient with what it regards as endless legalistic ploys to evade execution. Last week, by a 7-to-2 vote, the court emphatically tore down one more barrier to the execution of many of the 1,289 people currently on death...