Word: prayers
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...legacy. Federal judges, appointed for life and removable only for "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors," often serve long after a President's term expires. Future vacancies on the high court may offer Reagan a back-door means of achieving the New Right social agenda-- including permitting prayer in schools and banning abortion--that elected politicians in Congress have so far rebuffed. Time, certainly, is on the conservatives' side: the leading liberals on the court, William Brennan and Thurgood Marshall, are respectively 80 and 77 years old. Rehnquist is 61 and Scalia...
...deemed too inexperienced. Reagan's aides may have also been disturbed because she seemed to show mild symptoms of the Earl Warren syndrome, lately developing a disconcerting streak of independence. In the last year or so, for instance, she voted for expanded libel protection for the press and against prayer in schools, contrary to Administration dogma...
When the rains kept falling, the legislature went beyond prayer. Last week it approved a $72 million plan to pump water from the lake to the barren west desert, creating a 2.5-ft.-deep, 500-sq.-mi. companion lake...
...despite its lack of elegance, Ralph Sampson's shot (read, "prayer") with no time left gave the Houston Rockets a 116-114 victory over the Lakers. After bouncing around the rim, that shot also propelled the Rockets into the NBA finals, making them the League's new Western power...
...bill closely, so too will many average taxpayers. On June 2 the Senate will begin allowing debates to be televised for the first time. Majority Leader Dole, who hopes to establish himself as a presidential contender, intends to bring the tax bill up that day, "right after the prayer...