Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...recorded no neutrons or heat, but did detect other fusion by-products. Pons met the public again on April 17, at a press conference, to say there were some 30 institutions that had confirmed his results but were reluctant to go public with the information, in part "for legal reasons." But Robert Huggins, a Stanford materials scientist, had no legal qualms. He reported excess heat from a cold-fusion device tucked into a red picnic cooler. Because he performed a control experiment to rule out a conventional chemical reaction, this was the strongest confirmation yet. The next day, Francesco Scaramuzzi...
...compatible with Roe; they could also restrict or, less likely, overturn Roe. Many observers expect a fragmented court until further appointments produce a firm majority on one side or the other. As with some affirmative-action cases, even Justices who agree in an abortion ruling might disagree about the legal basis for their conclusions. Although the Justices were expected to vote on the case in a closed-door session last week, their decision is not likely to be announced until late next month. Then the arguing inside will be finished for a while, still leaving much room for argument outside...
...plans to sell its retail brokerage business, which trades for small investors, and concentrate on large institutional clients. That move and cutbacks in other divisions will slash Drexel's payroll of 9,000 employees by about one-third. In a candid statement, Drexel said "adverse publicity" about its legal problems had helped drive it from the retail market. Earlier this month the company settled a Securities and Exchange Commission suit by agreeing to fire its indicted junk-bond czar, Michael Milken, and submit to intense Government supervision...
...latest moves angered many employees who had stood by Drexel during its two-year legal ordeal, in which the firm was investigated for stock fraud and other allegations. Outraged brokers shouted down Drexel chief executive Frederick Joseph when he fielded questions about the sale over the firm's coast-to-coast intercom. "You show a lot of loyalty," a disgruntled employee said later, "and what you get back is 'Don't let the door...
...making demo tapes the night she heard that Parker had ODed. But he had left her a legacy: a little self-confidence. And some hard luck. Her first album, released in 1974, is still treasured as one of the seminal singer-songwriter testaments of the decade. There were enervating legal problems over record deals. Her subsequent releases turned unfocused, uncertain. And there were personal tragedies. Snow's daughter Valerie was born with brain damage in 1975. Music was no longer so much a refuge and release; it became just another component of a great struggle. Snow resolved to care...