Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Clinton himself said on Monday night, are his wife and daughter. Dealing with adultery is a miserable way to start a vacation on Martha's Vineyard. And he badly abused his loyal staff members who, as the price of serving him and his vision for America, now have major legal bills to deal with. And I suppose that Monica Lewinsky, in her pain, has promised herself never again to get romantically involved with a sitting President. And I imagine it has dawned on Mr. Starr that he may go down in history as a rather small and obsessive figure...
...teachers, soldiers and government employees will never get the months of back salary owed them. In addition, Moscow needs to impose honest privatization on the subsidized industries that, for now, make almost nothing consumers want. It must regulate the banking system into some semblance of honest bookkeeping and provide legal protection for investors and private-property owners. In other words, Russia's economy needs an almost complete overhaul...
...insisting on a backup car, by allowing Paul to take an indirect route down a dangerous stretch of road, and in Rees-Jones' case, by putting on his own seat belt without insisting that the others do the same. Should one or both bodyguards decide to take legal action against the Fayed camp, they can expect to face some severe countercharges...
...also represents a legal conundrum. Terry Gustafson, district attorney for the Oregon City area, says of a recent death, "If you or I had committed the same crime against our own child, we would be looking at 25 years in the penitentiary." Yet Gustafson refuses to prosecute, calling it futile. Reason: an Oregon statute that exempts faith-healing parents from manslaughter charges. In protesting that law, Gustafson finds herself in high-powered company: the Academy of American Pediatrics, the American Medical Association and the National District Attorneys Association all oppose similar immunities in six states and lesser exemptions countrywide...
...have never been more disgusted with the American legal system. No one should ever get immunity (especially in a case such as this) when testifying against the President of the United States. This is not some regular Joe Doe with a job. This is the man who occupies the most influential government seat in the world. ANNA MARIE ANGELONI Calabasas, Calif...