Word: joining
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...decisions can have on citizens who come into conflict with majorities. While Bork may be a worthy occupant of an endowed chair at one of the nation's finest law schools, or even a seat on the precedent-bound D.C. Court of Appeals, he should not be allowed to join the judicial body that has final say over what the Constitution means...
...courtyards given over to the all-night concocting of strawberry daquiris. Students are still drinking as much, possibly more, than ever; only now, they get soaked privately in their rooms before going out. Then, for thrills, they might go to a bowling or ice-skating party. Better yet, they join one of the fraternities...
Eddie Vrdolyak, former boss of Chicago, announced he was leaving the Democratic party of his immigrant parents, who found a home in one of the ethnic neighborhoods of Chicago, in order to join the Republican party of Lake Shore Drive. Apparently the Democrats no longer represented the interests that had drawn Vrdolyak's family to the party...
...this is not enough. No legislation can protect the fifty-cent cup of coffee. Harvard University, though, can join forces with the many local residents pushing for tighter zoning restrictions to keep the business district from sprawling upward and outward...
...that the subterfuge was confined to the company's machine-tool subsidiary. Congress is considering several proposals that would impose sanctions, the most severe of which would ban Toshiba's exports to the U.S. for as long as five years (potential annual loss: $2.8 billion). Other companies may soon join Toshiba in the spotlight, for the increasingly vigilant Japanese government is said to be investigating some 20 firms it suspects of violating the country's technology-export laws...