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...tribulations of the NHL Bruins and the remarkable renaissance of the NBA Celtics are matters beyond the realm of concern this summer. There is one other big-league team around--the New England Tea Men of the North American Soccer League (formerly known as the Minutemen until purchased by Lipton, the present nickname can be attributed to the fact that "Cup of Soup Men" would presumably have been historically inappropriate). The Tea Men are locked into the Eastern Division of the NASL's American Conference, dominated by a pair of strong Florida entries from Tampa Bay and Fort Lauderdale...
...authorities charging Jacklin with "heavy physical contact" and "verbal sexual suggestions by telephone." That wording left many on campus wondering how bad it might have been. Said one official: "Although the charges were not criminal, the conduct was traumatic to the women involved." Replies Jacklin's attorney, Mark Lipton: "His career is ruined, yet there were no grades involved. There was no persistence involved. There were no minors involved. There were no physical attacks." Jacklin, on vacation and unreachable since the decision, admitted some sexual contact, but denied harassing students. "Sometimes they initiated it; sometimes I did," he said...
...long term, it is vital to move forward rapidly to develop every alternative energy source, from coal and shale to wind, waves and the sun. Meanwhile, conservation of existing supplies is indispensable, and politicians would do well to face the issue. Concludes Milton Lipton, president of the leading petroleum advisory firm of Walter J. Levy Consultants: "Despite the inevitable inequities of either steep taxes or rationing, there comes a time when you have to say, 'Damn the torpedoes and full speed ahead.' I cannot think of a better time to ask the American people to accept either...
...signed a tough bill that bans virtually all publicly financed abortions. The Illinois legislature has repeatedly overridden Republican Governor James Thompson's vetoes of bills that would limit state funding for abortions. The courts have thrown out the legislation three times this year as unconstitutional. Complains Attorney Lois Lipton of the American Civil Liberties Union: "It's a Ping Pong match. Legislation, then court cases; legislation, then court cases...
Usually only women are strip-searched in Chicago; men are generally given a pat-down while clothed. Says A.C.L.U. Attorney Lois Lipton: "This practice cut across racial lines, ethnic lines, age lines, religious lines. The only thing these women had in common was that they were women." In fact, one female plaintiff was at the police station accompanying a male friend who had been arrested. Although she was never charged with a crime, she was stripped and searched...