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...court-appointed special prosecutor is a violation of the constitutional doctrine of separation of powers. A day later, attorneys for former Reagan Aide Michael Deaver, under investigation for his lobbying activities after his departure from the White House in May 1985, used an almost identical ploy to halt indictments being sought against him by Independent Counsel Whitney North Seymour Jr. The challenges are more than just delaying tactics; in the words of one Justice Department attorney, they could mark the "death knell for the special-prosecutor statute...
This prevented future searches for Marian in my room, although it did little to halt the telephone and blood pressure fiascos. I didn't need the blood pressure tests so often (my doctor later agreed), I didn't need a telephone for "Herman" (the doc also concurred on this one), and I certainly didn't know who Marian was (neither...
...plan as a violation of the Fourth Amendment, which prohibits "unreasonable searches and seizures." Robert Tobias, president of the National Treasury Employees Union, complains that the guidelines imply federal workers are "potential cheats." Says Tobias, whose union has succeeded at least temporarily, in forcing the U.S. Customs Service to halt its drug- testing program: "This is a comic exercise in Ty-D-bol justice...
...flat, wet rock and falls hard on her back. "I'm O.K.! I'm O.K.!" she shouts through her mask, and she gets back up. Suddenly an old Subaru cuts down into the ravine, and Ifan Evans, 47, who is driving, brings the car to a sharp halt just a few feet from the creek. Four people all seem to exit the car at the same time, and there is much hugging and kissing. But there is little time to waste...
...Currier House, foosing is at a "virtual halt" due to a broken table, Greenstein says. "The state right now is intolerable...