Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Williams and Cochrane have also met with representatives of the National Association of Colored People (NAACP) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to investigate the possibilty of pursuing legal action...
ACLU representatives said they might take on the case, Williams said. "They seemed interested. In fact, the initial legal advice I got from someone there was very strongly in favor of pursuing this." ACLU officials could not be reached for comment yesterday...
...Williams said the NAACP told him that they probably would not offer legal assistance "because the case didn't involve physical violence of any sort." Al Owen, the Boston branch manager for the NAACP, refused to comment on the case yesterday...
...students' allegations, while damning if proven true, have in the immediate confusion been overwhelmed by the storm of anger and resentment among the Black community. Outrage has taken the form of threatened appeals for legal action to the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Harvard and Cambridge Police departments and supervisory boards...
Headed by Nobel laureate James Watson, the project is ushering in a new era in medicine. Doctors may eventually be able to predict, cure and even prevent deadly genetic disorders as well as heart disease and cancer. -- The quest is already raising a host of thorny legal, ethical and philosophical issues, from discrimination to invasion of privacy. See SCIENCE...