Word: hurted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...issue: Did one or more of the supreme court's seven judges delay announcing decisions on politically sensitive cases that could have hurt Chief Justice Bird's chances of winning approval by the voters? Did any of the justices or staff members leak confidential information about the decisions to the press...
...commission will determine whether charges should be brought against any justice. Whatever the outcome, the legal community frets that public airing of the matter may hurt the California judicial system. Says Stanford Law Professor Gerald Gunther: "In an immediate sense, it will add to the court's already damaged prestige." But, Gunther concludes, "in the long run, the hearings may help some of the justices search their souls and try to do better in their personal relations and at the quality level...
...defeat in local elections, he must still tread cautiously. The lifting of controls and the doubling of economic growth to 6%, together with higher oil prices, have sent inflation soaring to 17% or more. In a country where the per capita income remains below $200, rising prices particularly hurt those who have yet to benefit fully from the economic surge. While the high level of education will help future industrial growth, it creates problems at a time when adult unemployment is substantial...
...Purple Heart; 20 years before he called for draft resisters to be jailed and beat in the kidneys with large branches, he was a draft dodger himself, along with Hubert Humphrey and other hawkish cancer victims. No, Wayne didn't want to fight Hitler-he might get hurt. But he didn't mind thrashing his wives, who couldn't fight back, Puerto Rican women he found in Personals in El Diario...
...Changes in the work force have hurt some companies because many of the postwar baby boomers now seeking jobs are untrained. Under equal opportunity programs, employers have hired and promoted increasing numbers of inexperienced women and minorities...