Word: precedental
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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While listening to his brethren's legalistic arguments at Supreme Court conferences during the '60s, the late Chief Justice Earl Warren would impatiently interject, "Yes, yes,'yes. But is it right? Is it good?" His stance remains at once noble and unsettling. Says Stanford Law Professor Gerald...
But on Saturday morning the mood changed abruptly. Gromyko suddenly began disputing points that seemed minor and bringing up issues that Vance thought had been settled. Gromyko raised two key questions about the cruise missile, the highly accurate drone that the Pentagon is counting on to begin providing much of...
The project is vast, daring, and unique in history. How could there be a precedent for turning 1 billion people so sharply in their course, for leading one-quarter of mankind quickstep out of dogmatic isolation into the late 20th century and the life of the rest of the planet...
Last time around, in 1976, the Teamsters won a 34% wage-and-benefit boost over three years, setting quite a precedent-more than 10% a year. Nobody expects the settlement next year to be quite that high. In the past, trucklines have usually won automatic approval from the Interstate Commerce...
The A.M.A. was particularly outraged by Barnes' order that future ethical guidelines first get the FTC O.K. Said Hunter: "There is no legal precedent in the United States for the federal bureaucracy to write or approve a code of ethics for any of the learned professions."