Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this, Regan and five others were charged with racketeering and effectively put out of business even before the trial began. Last week he was sentenced to six months in prison and fined $325,000, on top of more than $5 million in legal fees he'd incurred...
Sounds pretty innocent, though one might wonder why, if it's legal, Drexel and others haven't offered this appealing tax-loss service more widely...
...result of all the violence, school administrators across the U.S. are searching through tight budgets to find money to beef up school security. If nothing else, the schools will face legal liability if they have not taken steps to be prepared. The New York City schools now operate the eleventh largest security force in the U.S. Most city schools have locked doors; 15 of them use metal detectors; ten schools allow entry only with computerized ID cards. Cost of all the security: $60 million annually...
...expression of a basic social value: that the traditional family, with its economic interdependence, is the foundation of a strong society. But what about a gay couple? They might be similarly dependent on each other, economically and emotionally. Yet no state in the U.S. allows them to marry legally, and nowhere are they offered the same medical, pension, tax and legal advantages as married heterosexuals...
...spread of AIDS has raised the importance for gays of medical coverage, bereavement-leave policies, pension rules, hospital visitation rights and laws giving family members the authority to make medical decisions and funeral arrangements. "We are not talking about symbols here," says Thomas Stoddard, executive director of the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, a well-organized gay-rights group. "These are bread-and-butter issues of basic importance to individuals...