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...Kuwaitis, with U.S. encouragement, are trying to find a new formula that would both reaffirm the U.N.'s landmark Resolution 242 of 1967, which implicitly affirms Israel's right to exist, and in addition endorse the Palestinians' legitimate political rights. The Arabs, and the Administration as well, hope that such a formulation might at last allow the P.L.O. to at least tacitly recognize Israel as a bona fide state. This in turn would enable Washington to drop its longstanding boycott of the P.L.O. and open a direct dialogue with it. The Administration's first goal then...
...women's issues. A graduate of the University of Texas Law School and a Texas state legislator for five years, Attorney Weddington worked to reform the state's sexual abuse laws and equalize commercial credit requirements for women. In 1973, at the age of 28, she won the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that affirmed a woman's right to choose to have an abortion. Since Weddington replaced Midge Costanza last November, Carter has increased the number of women in top Administration spots; former Attorney General Griffin Bell raised female federal judgeships from 6% to 17%. "My purpose...
...York City is in the forefront of the recycling movement today, after a late start, prior to which it permitted developers to demolish such treasures as the old Metropolitan Opera House, Pennsylvania Station and the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. The city has now extended historic landmark status to more than 500 individual structures and 37 historic districts encompassing 12,000 buildings...
...woman mentioned above was Karen Ann Quinlan. Her father's well-publicized petition to have her removed from the respirator was heard by the New Jersey Supreme Court in 1976. In a landmark decision, the court ruled that doctors and hospital ethics committees, acting in conjunction with family members, had the right to remove patients such as Karen from life-support systems without appeal to the courts...
...Hartford was designed by the new nation's foremost architect, Charles Bulfinch, who later did extensive work on the nation's Capitol. Having served as the seat of state government from 1796 to 1878 and the city hall from 1879 to 1915, the building was declared a landmark in 1960 and turned into a museum of Connecticut history. Since then, however, maintenance funds have been scarce, and city officials began to talk of razing the deteriorating edifice to make way for office buildings...