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...anywhere from 450,000 to 5 million -- and they caution against making SAD the new fad disorder. Experts say the syndrome, which afflicts about four times as many women as men, usually appears in the early 20s. But the malady has been diagnosed in children as young as nine. Child Psychiatrist William Sonis of the University of Pennsylvania, who in a 1985 survey found that 6.5% of 1,000 students at a suburban Minnesota high school had SAD, says that too often "the symptoms are attributed to school-related issues, like the seventh- or tenth-grade slump." Or they...
...justices. As for Russell McMains, Texaco's chief appellate lawyer in Texas, he has donated some $40,000 to members of the high bench, and his former Corpus Christi firm gave $150,000 more. Such cozy bench-polishing tactics are not illegal, since Texas is one of only nine states where virtually all judges are chosen in partisan elections. It also has no limits on campaign gifts. "The appearance," says State Senator Frank Tejeda, "is that perhaps justice in Texas is for sale." Anthony Champagne, a University of Texas political scientist, puts it more directly: "You contribute to your friends...
...favors a merit-selection system, used in a number of states, under which the Governor selects judges from names submitted by a commission; the jurists are later voted up or down by the citizenry. Republican Governor William Clements is also pushing an appointive system, though only for the nine-member high court. "Texans have lost faith in their judicial system," he says. Clements charges that the court's popularly elected justices -- all Democrats -- have developed a "pro-plaintiff tilt" that encourages "virtually limitless judgments" and scares businesses away. Jamail, the state's king of torts, half concedes the point. "What...
...provisions of the convention, but its courts have held that local laws supersede the international code on this matter. Said Rabin: "Deportation is part of our system." Late last week, authorities releashed more than 100 Palestinian detainees without trial and simultaneously announced that Israel had issued deportation orders against nine residents from the occupied territories. All nine were described as "leading activists and organizers" during the riots...
...bustling, mainly Catholic town. Pedestrians stroll. Shoppers head for McEvoy's Fashion Store close by. But even the commonplace may impart fear in Ulster, and French knows that appearances are deceptive. In February 1986, mortar shells launched by the Irish Republican Army thundered down on the police station, killing nine officers as they ate their evening meal. Since rebuilt, Newry station is now a fortress, protected by thick concrete walls and a 30-ft.-high reinforced-steel fence. "I know they are out there plotting and planning," says French of the I.R.A. "It takes very few on their side...