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Since the Supreme Court rarely reverses its precedents, it is not about to overturn its 1962 school-prayer decision. The court moves slowly and incrementally. But it may see in a moment of silence a chance to bend without breaking...
...decide. Moreover, presidential action is unlikely to end America's search for a place to put its atomic waste. The Nuclear Waste Power Act gives states the right to veto any federal site selection, and some will undoubtedly exercise that option, though both houses of Congress may overturn a veto. While everyone believes that the U.S. must have a nuclear waste repository, no one wants it in his backyard...
...Magazine Publisher Rupert Murdoch filed court papers accusing the entertainment conglomerate of racketeering and fraud. The charges by Murdoch, who now owns a little more than 7% of Warner's voting stock, also named a rival suitor, Chris-Craft Industries, as a defendant. Murdoch wants the court to overturn a recent swap that would give Warner a 42.5% interest in Chris-Craft's television unit. That deal could block a possible Murdoch takeover...
...typography, design and scholarship. The oversize book can lie indolently on a piano, ready to recall the hits of four decades. Because shows are arranged in chronological order, the reader can watch Porter's growth from restless experimenter to self-assured master. Early on, the songwriter attempted to overturn the bromides of his epoch. When saccharine "Mammy" tunes permeated Broadway, he celebrated a black man who journeyed back to Tennessee only to miss "the great big tall skyscrapers/ And the elevated's roar,/ And he longed for morning papers/ That come out the night before...
Specifically, Jackson objects to a rule that allows states to require that candidates win at least 20% of the vote in a congressional district to pick up any convention delegates. He would also like to overturn the winner-take-all provisions in seven large states...