Word: owner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...South Carolina. (Dickey has the knack of making modesty seem epic.) His destination was Chapter Two, a bookstore where he was scheduled to sign copies of Alnilam. It was not the impersonal ritual that authors usually endure. Dickey greeted customers and actively solicited their patronage. The result, according to Owner Susan Davis, was that nearly half of the 100 copies she had ordered were sold...
...Manhattan: "It says something about our society's values that we pay animal caretakers more than people who care for our children." Gilda Ongkeko is delighted with the quality of the Hill an' Dale Family Learning Center in Santa Monica, Calif., attended by Jason, 4. In her job as owner of a preschool-supply company, she has come to appreciate how unusual it is. "I've been to over 1,000 child-care centers," she says, "and I'd say that 90% of them should be shut down. It's pathetic...
...last week's ruling had its obscure origins in a 1978 flood that leveled the Lutherglen retreat and recreational center along the Mill Creek in California's Angeles Crest National Forest. To prevent possible future disasters, Los Angeles County banned all reconstruction in the area. The center's owner, the First English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Glendale, took exception to the safety measure. Claiming that the county's action violated the Fifth Amendment, the church sued for compensatory damages. Almost eight years after that suit was initiated, the high bench, by a 6-to-3 vote, ruled in favor...
...Justices declared that when government regulations unreasonably prevent all uses of land, this amounts to confiscation. The owner is thus entitled to payment, even if the restrictions are later lifted. Writing for a majority made up of both liberal and conservative colleagues, Chief Justice William Rehnquist said, "We merely hold that where the government's activities have already worked a taking of all use of property, no subsequent action by the government can relieve it of the duty to provide compensation for the period during which the taking was effective." Rehnquist acknowledged that the decision would "lessen to some extent...
Glendale church officials proclaimed themselves "extremely happy." Elsewhere reaction was mixed, although few expected compensation lawsuits to bankrupt public treasuries. Confiscation is difficult to prove, and even where it is established, many judges remain reluctant to award significant damages. "As long as we leave the property owner with a reasonable use for the property," says Gary Netzer of the Los Angeles city attorney's office, "the courts still haven't ruled that it is a taking...