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...spoke with a worker at the office over the phone and she indicated to me that such errors were corrected in the course of data entry; evidently, the workers are familiar enough with the course catalogue numbers to notice mistakes or the computer simply won't accept the incorrect course numbers. In such cases, there is no additional cost incurred by the Register'. Office due to student error...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Registrar Reforms | 10/23/1984 | See Source »

Keating's aggressiveness has brought out a heretofore hidden feistiness in his opponent. Jones, 45, was particularly infuriated by an incorrect Keating charge that Jones had failed to report properly some of his wife's earnings on disclosure forms. Says his campaign manager Cole Finegan: "I've never seen Jim Jones this intense and enthusiastic." Jones' ads refute a Keating claim that Keating never lost a case as a prosecutor and end with the kicker, "In Oklahoma, we believe a man is only as good as his word...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The House: Pouring In the Money | 10/15/1984 | See Source »

Doctoroff is also factually incorrect on several points. The Renaissance Center did not go bankrupt as was reported; it was sold. There are several movie theaters in Detroit contrary to Doctoroff's statements, and the Fox theater is currently housing a local theater group, not showing triple-X-rated films as the author incorrectly assumed. These misrepresentations placed before the general public are examples of irresponsible journalism at best...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In Defense of Detroit | 9/27/1984 | See Source »

...appropriations, Weinberger countered by calling the report itself "dangerous." Although he did not challenge the facts of the study, Weinberger contested the report's conclusions. And he was quoted as saying, "the potential danger is that people, our foes and some of our friends, will get a wrong and incorrect impression of both our capabilities and our resolve." This, he added, "in this kind of world, where [impressions are] an essential part of deterrance, is. I think, a dangerous disservice to the United States...

Author: By Holly A. Idelson, | Title: A New Democracy? | 7/27/1984 | See Source »

Dissenting Justice Brennan articulated the newly granted immunity of judges when he said. "If their decision to issue a warrant was correct, the evidence will be admitted; if their decision was incorrect but the police relied in good faith on the warrant, the evidence will also be admitted." Such a scenario illustrates the pointlessness of a warrant process without a strict application of the exclusionary rule--it becomes defunct, a meaningless bureaucratic procedure, neither facilitating detailed police work or protecting individuals rights...

Author: By Laura E. Gomez, | Title: High Court Takes Low Ground | 7/24/1984 | See Source »

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