Word: partings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...further charges. At week's end, he quoted a psychiatrist's memo that said the center was "virtually a human dog lab." At Murphy's request, a judge issued an order barring destruction of any records that might shed light on the case. Huggins, for his part, left no doubt about what he thought of the suit: "It stinks...
...Hazard, Ky., when Roberts pulled out his gun and fatally shot Melton. The incident was not unusual in the isolated, often violent hills of eastern Kentucky. Nor was the reaction of Melton's father Carl, 70. He wanted revenge, which is considered almost a family duty in a part of the world where blood feuds can last for generations. But instead of taking the old route of getting a gun and going outside the law to seek vengeance, Melton hired a lawyer. The attorney's job: to make sure the state put Roberts behind bars for as long...
...participating governments must ratify the agreements. The package is expected to slide through Congress, probably in September, in part because the legislators committed themselves to voting only yes or no on the entire package, with no amendments. Strauss has put together a strong coalition of supporters and appeased the most powerful enemies of the agreement. Opposition to reduced tariffs by textile and garment makers, for example, has been muffled by a promise of tighter enforcement of existing import quotas, as well as Government grants to boost productivity...
SAWHILL: I prefer to call it not a crisis, but a problem, arising from our growing dependence for oil on a politically unstable part of the world. We have failed to curtail imports, and in the short term we are completely at the mercy of the Middle East oil suppliers...
...this amount, 570 is not included in the guideline calculations because of various exemptions granted by the Administration. For example, since retirees have no voice in the ratification and are technically not part of the bargaining, the White House agreed to exclude the cost of increasing their pension benefits. If these exemptions were included, the wage-and-benefit boost would come...