Word: lawness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...politically irresistible orgy of tax reduction. By voting to fulfill George Bush's campaign promise and cut capital-gains taxes, House Republicans and renegade Democrats jumped at a short-term boost in revenues against a long-term loss. The giveaway fractured the foundation of the landmark 1986 tax-reform law. The drain on the Treasury could be compounded when the measure reaches the Senate, where it is expected to pass, and Democrats try to extend the tax breaks on individual retirement accounts. It seemed like a classic outbreak of "now-nowism," as Budget Director Richard Darman, who helped broker...
...original amendment was also attacked asbeing unconstitutional Members of the StudentPress Law Association, a Washington legal firmthat advises student newspapers, lobbied severalsenators this week to change the amendment, saidthe firm's executive director, Mark Goodman...
This classic film about the ups and down of being a first year student at Harvard Law School hits the screen this weekend at Quincy House both tonight and tomorrow night. If you're feeling anxious about your work or are tired of that competitive classmate, watching Paper Chase will remind you your life is not so stressful. With a lot of nice scenes of Langdell Hall, Paper Chase is also a nice reminder of what the rest of campus looks like for those of us who never make it north of the Yard...
...people were killed in March, and Lhasa has been under martial law since then. Demonstrations were reported as recently as last month...
Represented on the petition were some of Harvard's most prominent faculty members, notably Tyler Professor of Constitutional Law Laurence H. Tribe...