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...seventh of the land. The Penal Laws?enacted by a Protestant Parliament in Dublin ?turned the warrior race into virtual slaves. Catholics were excluded from political life, forbidden to have their own schools and could not buy back land from Protestants, some of whom were sympathetic to their plight. In 1791, Wolfe Tone, a Dublin Protestant, formed a Society of United Irishmen, whose members swore "never to desist in our efforts until we have subverted the authority of England over our country and asserted our independence." His movement failed, and he died in its cause...
...Civil Liberties Union and Law Professor Herman Schwartz of Buffalo learned of the girls' plight and decided to challenge the law. Circuit Court Judge Irving R. Kaufman endorsed that challenge. "The law permitted punishment as if they were criminals," said Kaufman. "But they are punishing a condition, not a crime. How are you going to define moral depravity?" Setting aside the girls' convictions, the three-man federal court denounced the Wayward Minor statute as "unconstitutionally vague...
...just that. A native of Dublin, he earned a law degree at Oxford, then got his M.B.A. at Harvard. In the summer between his two years there, he traveled round the country, picking up such disparate jobs as janitor and private detective. Knocking about made him aware of the plight of minority groups in America, and once he established himself he decided to help out in the way he knew best. As he puts it: "What better thing can I do as a businessman than to communicate to others the skills and values which will contribute to the economic development...
Financial Plight. In response to the plea, Commons established a select committee, headed by Chancellor of the Exchequer Anthony Barber, to examine the royal family's financial plight. Its report provided Britons with a rare glimpse of budgetary problems at Buckingham Palace. Since 1952, the Queen's food costs have risen from $72,175 a year to $110,000, upkeep of the royal carriage horses from $11,103 to $28,770, and newspapers from $663 to an imposing...
...veterans. Its goal is to place 100,000 in this fiscal year, or roughly one-third of the vets currently unemployed. The N.A.B. now reports that it is off to a slow start, having placed only about 20,000 veterans in the first five months of the campaign. The plight of many of the 5.2 million ex-G.I.s is revealed in last month's unemployment figures, which show general unemployment at 6% and Viet Nam veterans' joblessness at 8.2%. The ultimate cure for veterans' and all unemployment awaits an even brisker economic turnaround...