Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This came as a response to a claim made by the Grille's legal counsel that the charges against the bar were based solely on hearsay and that the establishment was not able to cross-examine the students involved...
Hynes said he would consider posting signs declaring that the legal age to drink is 21 or having a "gatekeeper" who would be in charge of serving alcohol as "affirmative actions...
...defense of the bill, Hynes said he does not think that homeowner's insurance would rise significantly and that "it is legal and would remain legal [under the bill] for a father to give his son a beer in a family setting...
...Republican ploy, it worked: the legal bill, of which $4.2 million is still unpaid, has driven the DNC some $12 million into debt with the '98 season just beginning. And that, as we know, will necessitate even more aggressive fundraising. Ah, Washington...
...Democratic Party ran up a legal bill of some $11 million keeping the Republicans (and Bob Woodward) at bay, DNC chairman Roy Romer said Tuesday. He accused the GOP of dragging the investigations out just to drain their rival's coffers for the '98 election drive. But Republicans aren't making apologies. "Expensive attorneys are not needed by those willing to cooperate and tell the truth," said Rep. Dan Burton, R-Ind., chairman of the House investigation...