Word: jersey
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...same reasons, New Jersey, which lowered its drinking age to 18 in 1972, may also raise it: the state senate has voted to push the minimum age up to 19. Concern about youthful boozing is similarly an issue in Massachusetts, which went to 18 in 1973. Bay State legislators voted to go to 19 last July, but then-Governor Michael Dukakis refused to sign the bill into law. His successor, Conservative Democrat Edward King, believes that his tough stand in favor of raising the age helped him get Dukakis...
Farber spent 40 days in jail after refusing to turn over materials he gathered in the case of a New Jersey doctor accused of murder...
Anthony Lewis, a lecturer at the Law School and columnist for The New York Times, said yesterday that he "regretted the court's refusal to review the case because I think the New Jersey court's actions were unfair to Mr. Farber and The Times...
Democrats Sam Nunn of Georgia, J. Bennett Johnston of Louisiana, Joseph Biden of Delaware, and Republican Pete Domenici of New Mexico were re-elected to the U.S. Senate. They were joined there by Republican William Cohen of Maine and Democrat Bill Bradley of New Jersey...
...occasion was Houston Plus One, and across the nation last weekend, women celebrated. They picnicked in the parking lot of the Iowa capitol, had tea in the Michigan Governor's mansion, held a wine and cheese party in New Jersey, opened an exhibit of Women's Conference mementos at the Louisville Free Public Library...