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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Albert Leon Wilson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 13, 1984 | 8/13/1984 | See Source »

...Congress are doing the same thing. Playing politics. With a vengeance. Even a Medici might marvel at the maneuvering on Capitol Hill, designed to take partisan advantage of every issue and to dazzle voters with a wondrous array of illusions and images. "Everyone is posturing," protests Democratic Congressman Leon Panetta of California. In the meantime, the legislators are willing to let the nation's urgent business be ignored...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Posturing, Not Legislating | 8/13/1984 | See Source »

...Leon Litwack, a Pulitzer-prizewinning historian at the University of California at Berkeley, strongly disagrees: "If there is any nostalgia for Nixon, it's not based on any new historical findings but on the perception of Nixon as less dangerous and more intelligent than the current President. To forgive the enormity of Nixon's crimes would be a mistake. He waged war on American citizens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nixon: Never Look Back | 8/13/1984 | See Source »

Although the opinion was less sweeping than some had predicted, the court held 6 to 3 that when judges issue search warrants that are later ruled defective, the evidence gathered by police may still be used at trial in most cases. In 1981 Alberto Leon was one of several people indicted on drug-conspiracy charges in California after police searches of their homes and cars had turned up a large quantity of drugs. A judge had issued the warrant, even though it was based on outdated information provided by an informant of uncertain reliability. Two federal courts later threw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: A Matter of Good Faith | 7/16/1984 | See Source »

...Sullivan Principles, developed in 1977 by the Rev. Leon Sullivan, are a set of minimum fair labor standards specifically designed for companies operating in the apartheid state...

Author: By Michall W. Hirschorn, | Title: Radcliffe Toughens South Africa Stand | 6/24/1984 | See Source »

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