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...ALICE James not been born into the family of intellectuals that she was her life would be of little interest to the literary public. When she died at the age of 41, she had been an invalid since her first nervous breakdown at 19, and her only accomplishment was the diary which she had dept for the last three years of her life...
...however, include a grandfather clause which allowed any restrictions in place in July 1977 to remain. Since Carter had lifted the restrictions concerning Cuba on March 28, Hubbard's suit contended that Reagan's reinstatement of the restrictions was invalid and to impose them, he would have had to fontually declare a new state of emergency...
...Alexander's book, which offers a striking psychological portrait of the man. But instead of using this portrait as a jumping-off point for some broader observations, Alexander is content to stick to talking about baseball as a man with a Passion might--telescopically. The approach is not invalid, for Alexander offers a fair-minded and insightful biography. But this view is limiting and, ultimately, boring for the non-fanatic...
Although we may tolerate such irrationality in other sentencing contexts, the premise of Furman was that such arbitrary and capricious decision making is imply invalid when applied to a matter as grave as the determination of whether a human life should be taken or spared...
When Lyndon Johnson had a serious heart attack in 1955, a lot of people thought he would be a semi-invalid. His doctor, Vice Admiral George Burkley, found that Johnson's heart functioned normally through five years of the presidency. When Johnson, believing he would lose the 1968 election, reluctantly went home, he seemed to lose purpose, reverted to bad eating and smoking habits, and died in four years...