Word: legalize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...even presented a defense, and the disgraced cop is pleading guilty to all charges. He faces 25 years to life -- and will probably get more rather than less. "Besides the sheer awfulness of what he did, Volpe really didn't give the government any reason for leniency," says TIME legal correspondent Adam Cohen. "Generally, giving up when your defense has fallen apart doesn't get you much in the way of mercy...
...Though GOP leaders do not want to embrace gun control in a rush -- they don?t want a vote until mid-June -- "a decision has apparently been made at the top to get on board," says TIME congressional correspondent Jay Carney. Meanwhile, the gun industry is faced with both legal and financial hurdles in dealing with the suits against it (others have already been filed in several cities, including Chicago and Miami). "The defense of such lawsuits will be very expensive," says Cohen, "and the gun industry is not as wealthy as the tobacco industry." As a result, he says...
Speed kills careers. In the scrimmage between Germans and Americans for jobs, Schrempp lost his top legal counsel, a senior manufacturing executive and a handful of others. Dennis Pawley, the man who revolutionized Chrysler's manufacturing operations, retired as he had planned--even though Schrempp tried several times to change Pawley's mind. In February and March a series of top Chrysler executives defected to Ford and General Motors. Although company officials have downplayed the departures, they hurt; all were part of the winning team...
...suit--unveiled by Attorney General Janet Reno and antitrust chief Joel Klein--was the first to target alleged abuses at so-called fortress hub airports created by carriers like American after Congress deregulated the airlines in 1978. While consumer advocates welcomed the suit, legal experts said it would be tough for Justice to prove predatory pricing. "We didn't undercut," argues American spokesman Chris Chiames. "We matched fares set by others and added seats when the demand went...
...group said they had recognized that affecting the actual legal terms of the merger is unlikely...