Word: halfs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Government regulation has inevitably meant that more intricate statutes need legal interpretation. Thus the court faces a growing work load. ''There are just more hard and more deserving cases than there used to be,'' says White. To day the court hands down more than half again as many written opinions as it did 25 years ago, and at term's end, the Justices often find ''themselves rushing to finish their drafts. Says Powell: "The pressure of time prevents us from going from chamber to chamber to work things out. The lack of opportunity...
Most funds demand a minimum initial investment, which generally ranges from $500 to $5,000 but can be partly withdrawn once the account is open. The funds make money for themselves by paying out to shareholders slightly less interest (usually one-half of 1%) than the investments earn. One of the most appealing features is liquidity. Nearly all offer instant withdrawal without penalty, and most allow shareholders to write checks to third parties against their investment balance, thus ensuring that savings earn interest right up to the day the check is presented for payment. Still others offer credit lines...
...half cheers! Two and three quarters? Not enough, in these cheerless times. Let's say three cheers and a quark for Head over Heels, an eccentric little comedy about what zoologists call pair bonding. The trouble with the pair on view is that only half of it, an unsteady young man named Charles (John Heard), is bonded. The other half has gone back to her husband. She is Laura (Mary Beth Hurt), a pretty and appealing but not very confident young woman who regards herself as quite ordinary. To the love-sotted Charles she is Cleopatra, and that...
PROVIDENCE, R.I.--A Brown rally for 21 points in five minutes to open the second half dashed hopes of a Harvard upset and sent the Crimson to a 23-14 defeat Saturday on the unplayable, unattractive and unspeakable turf of Brown Stadium...
...Dave Cody field goals through the driving rain had boosted Harvard to a surprising 6-2 lead at half-time, but Brown charged ahead to stay good with the three third-quarter touchdowns...