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Critics called it "religious gerrymandering." At issue was a 1978 Minnesota law that requires religious organizations drawing more than half their money from nonmembers to comply with burdensome registration and reporting rules. Mainstream denominations do not rely heavily on outside contributions, so the law's obvious targets were newer organizations like the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church. Though Minnesota maintained that the law was a sensible way to protect the public from fraud, Supreme Court Justice William Brennan, writing for the majority, ruled that it violated the Constitution's establishment of religion clause. Said Brennan...
...Viet Nam, compounded by Watergate. Every new weapons system had to run a gauntlet of objections: it was unnecessary because we already had an "overkill" capability; it was dangerous because it would compel offsetting Soviet moves; it would jeopardize SALT negotiations; it would weaken us because it might preclude newer and even better weapons down the road. The attainable was being blocked by a quest for the ideal. The B70 bomber, the antiballistic missile, the Bl, the MX, the Trident II missile have all been canceled or delayed...
...successful new risk takers made their fortunes in electronic esoterica. Others have earned megabucks by putting an alluring gloss-on mundane products or performing commonplace services in newer, more efficient ways. In many of the cases, they nursed their creative ideas for years before venturing into the chancy world of profit-and-loss statements. Profiles of five who made...
...price of local telephone calls in many parts of the country could begin to rise sharply over the next few years, while long-distance calls may get cheaper. Reason: long-distance service requires less investment to maintain, and competition in the market will now intensify from smaller and newer firms...
...Newer firms, such as Amdahl, Magnuson and National Advanced Systems, have become strong competitors at the big end of the market. Digital Equipment, Data General and Datapoint are leading companies in the minicomputer part of the business. Meanwhile, such firms as Apple and Tandy are running away with the small-computer market. Indeed, IBM was late to recognize the potential of personal computers, and introduced its first entrant into the field only last summer...