Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Tonight, for dinner, don't go to Legal Seafoods. Take your parents to Tommy's. But don't go straight there. First, stop at the dining hall, show them the glistening, sauteed steak tips and then head over for a slice. After Mom and Dad guzzle down their grease-soaked nourishment, go back, to your poorly lit dorm room. Sit around in the gloom for a couple of hours discussing what to do with the rest of the evening. At around 10 o'clock, after "Nash Bridges" is over, hit the Grille. Buy Dad a pitcher...
...Legal experts interviewed this week said the Ad Board's refusal to allow lawyers in its proceedings is extremely rare among universities of its caliber...
...fact that the administration has chosen to fight Daly from a purely legal standpoint is unfortunate. Caught up in the media frenzy over such related news items as the dissolution of the Greek system at Dartmouth and the admission of men to Radcliffe College's prestigious Bunting Institute, the true issues have been virtually ignored for the larger, more exciting topic of who might possibly be filing a (now highly fashionable) Title IX lawsuit as a result of what recent injustice...
...considering the federal statute for a minute, it is evident Daly's ideal classroom for "Introduction to Feminist Ethics" has not a legal leg to stand upon. Title IX was designed to promote gender equality in education; and while in 1972 the intention was to prevent discrimination against women, it by no means should be used to tip the scales in the other direction for no apparent reason. Perhaps if Boston College had a class entitled "Achieving Manhood: A Celebration of the Male Gender" that turned away female students because they were considered a corrupting influence on debate at large...
Ogletree also praised Blackmun not only for his legal skills, but for the justice's unique human touch...