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...Candidate Edmund Muskie. No evidence was produced that Halperin had leaked classified information, and his lawyers charged that the eavesdropping was for political rather than security purposes. Nixon's lawyers claimed that a President should be immune from suits arising from his official acts, so as not to hamper the conduct of policy...
Feinstein, a Democrat who supported Jimmy Carter to the bitter end, fears that federal cutbacks will hamper future efforts to improve city services, including a plan to refurbish San Francisco's dilapidated trademark, cable cars. Says she: "We have significantly less purchasing power than in past years, but so far the impact has only been on the surface...
...countless speeches and court opinions, Chief Justice Warren Burger has criticized the "massive safeguards for accused persons" that, in his view, unduly hamper law enforcement and criminal justice. High among the safeguards that the legal community has always assumed he had in mind were those provided by the court's 1966 landmark ruling in Miranda vs. Arizona. That decision requires police, before they question someone they have arrested, to inform him of a brief list of rights, including his freedom to remain silent and to consult a lawyer. Indeed, since Burger became Chief Justice in 1969, his court...
...those behind the wheel, many states prohibit driving with both ears blocked, but few enforce such laws. "Motorists al ready listen to car radios that are so loud they can't hear our sirens," says Michigan State Policeman Wayne McKalpain. "If they put on headphones, they'll hamper our ability to respond to emergencies...
...hotels, restaurants and tour organizers will have their day. A group called Corporate Capers has already sold 700 places next to windows in the office buildings along the wedding procession route. For $335, a rubbernecker gets use of binoculars, a TV set for watching the ceremony and a hamper laden with lobster, steak, wedding cake and champagne. Cornishman Simon Adkins has found a more personal way to mark the royal union. Tattooed on his back, in everlasting tribute, are the faces of Charles and Diana framed in a heart, with room left over for their children. Says Adkins...