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...especially in Massachusetts, it's just not that simple. In a landmark 1986 case, Abramowitz v. Boston University, a Superior Court judge ruled that the state's broad civil rights law forces private universities to respect students' First Amendment rights. While no appellate court has ruled on this particular question, judges have applied the law to other private entities...
...everything there is a season. And on Capitol Hill, where legislators are eager to reap the rewards of passing landmark health-care legislation, this is the season to sow -- discord, that is. Currently, five Senate and House committees, each with jurisdiction over health-care legislation, are jostling over the details of "purchasing alliances," "payroll taxes" and "employer mandates," all in an effort to invent the plan that will eventually supplant the Clintons' hopelessly complicated 1,342-page proposal. The lawmakers all know the President is intractable on only one point: universal coverage. Each senses that the American public will balk...
...case in point is British historian Hugh Thomas. With Conquest: Montezuma, Cortes and the Fall of Old Mexico (Simon and Schuster; 812 pages; $30), Lord Thomas, author of what is arguably the finest study in English of the Spanish Civil War, has taken the heady risk of challenging a landmark of 19th century American historiography: William H. Prescott's History of the Conquest of Mexico (1843). Thomas' account is richer in detail than Prescott's, more balanced in its assessment of the Mexica (pronounced mesheeca; the author insists that this is a more authentic name for the conquered people than...
...slung two bandoliers of cartridges over his shoulder. The precautions proved unnecessary: during round-the-clock talks, the government not only bargained in good faith, but gave in on all but the most outlandish rebel demands. The result was a tentative peace accord that is something of a landmark for Mexico...
...Zapatistas win landmark changes...