Word: lawness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...middle of the night to negotiate." Hugel explained that the KKR bid simply was much higher. By 2 a.m., however, Johnson's advisers persuaded him that his chances were still alive. Armed with a new bid for $108 a share, Johnson arrived the next morning at the East Side law offices where the special, bid-selecting panel of five directors was meeting. He demanded to present his proposal...
...Under the BU plan, a teacher in danger of dismissal is only entitled to a hearing held by the University--contrary to state law, which requires a two-thirds vote of the school committee as well," he said...
...accordance with his misguided understanding of Israel's legitimacy, Sharfstein misinterprets the widespread response to the "who is a Jew" issue. The American Jewish community did not unify in the name of a "higher standard" but rather for an equal standard. The supporters of the new law hope to hold Jews all over the world to a "higher" orthodox standard. In doing so, they wish to judge Judaism in the same way that Sharfstein judges Israel. For this they are condemned...
...perception that Gov. Michael S. Dukakis was a man of far greater substance than Quayle was a correct one, but not because Dukakis was educated at Swathmore and Harvard Law and Quayle attended a much less prestigious university. It was because both Dukakis and Quayle had dedicated their lives to public service, and Dukakis had significantly more accomplishments to point to in that field...
...court cannot be an umpire, deciding dispassionately on issues of law. While there are grains of truth in this perception, decisions such as the Yonkers case, which require the ongoing participation of a federal judge to ensure the equal rights of an entire class of citizens, reveal a judicial system which is coming into its own, not as an umpire, but as a relief pitcher for democracy...