Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...added the tart opinion that some people say otherwise "only because Gorbachev is head of our party." A classmate, looking sporty in a black leather tie, was equally bold in discussing the loosening constraints on % Soviet citizens. People of all stripes, "even fascists," he insisted, should have the legal right to form their own political parties to challenge the Communist Party. Said the openly skeptical Predkov: "We don't have any rights. They're just words on paper...
...country credo: "Live fast, love hard and die young." A fracas with a trouble-oriented Dallas cop last New Year's Eve will bring him to trial on an assault charge July 25, after finishing his new UNI album, Copperhead Road. He could be referring to both his legal exploits and his musical experiments when he predicts, "It's safe to say I'll never get on the Grand Ole Opry now." Copperhead Road mixes pertinent politics and a heavy beat and makes no apologies for either. Says Earle, neatly wrapping up and dismissing the deepest country conventions at once...
...field. Lipsig had persuaded the jury that in view of the boy's exhaustion before he went on the field against much larger opponents, the coach should have kept him on the bench. The decision set a precedent: rather than merely exercising "reasonable care" for the player -- the earlier legal standard under New York State law -- coaches must now exercise the same degree of caution as an "ordinary prudent parent...
...host on a weekly cable-TV show on current issues; he also dispenses lawyerly advice in regular newspaper columns and on a weekly radio show. He brushes off complaints that he uses these outlets to encourage people to bring lawsuits. "All I do is educate people about their legal rights," he maintains. People must be learning. Several weeks ago, Lipsig's firm, which helped pioneer medical-malpractice claims, had to settle out of court in a legal-malpractice suit brought by a client who claimed that it mishandled her case...
Central to the American character is a litigious mind-set that cannot acknowledge blame without worrying about legal liability. Before the passengers on Flight 655 were even buried, Washington policymakers were locked in a distracting wrangle over whether to pay damages. The questionable notion that some form of monetary compensation to the victims' families could assuage Iran's grief was advanced by House Speaker Jim Wright and Republican Senator John Warner. The Administration has agreed to study the possibility of such payments, and the President is leaning strongly in favor of them. The primary obstacle appears to be political...