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Bush's words seem to indicate he would appoint another conservative to the bench, which opponents fear could lead to a reversal of the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade abortion case. Other cases which the court might consider would address divisive issues from affirmative action programs to gay rights to school prayer...
DIED. CHARLES REMBAR, 85, lawyer, writer; in the Bronx, N.Y. Rembar defended the publishers of Lady Chatterley's Lover, Tropic of Cancer and other controversial works against obscenity laws, most famously--and successfully--in the landmark Fanny Hill Supreme Court case of 1965. He received a George Polk Memorial Award in journalism for his book The End of Obscenity in 1969, the same year his cousin Norman Mailer also won a prize...
...holdings, who can blame them? This is a collection few museums could just go out and buy. Auction and gallery prices for photos have been rising steeply, in part because of buyers like John. Seven years ago, he bid up the price of "Glass Tears," Man Ray's landmark caprice from 1932, to $190,000, then a record for any photograph bought at auction. His collection is more than 2,000 prints and climbing...
Ralph Nader seems a respectable enough individual. A Harvard Law School alum, he let his conscience lead him away from the world of corporate law and into consumer activism. Through his landmark book Unsafe at Any Speed and through his tireless efforts to ensure consumer safety and manufacturer liability on items from automobiles to insurance policies, Nader has made American businesses more accountable. Furthermore, because of his lobbying efforts, federal regulatory agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration have come into existence...
...adorned with Christmas lights last winter and decked with patriotic flags, the crane, for some students, became another Harvard landmark...