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Word: precedental (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harvard is a community in which acceptance of others is heavily stressed; yet, fringe groups such as Peninsula do exist, and intolerance rears its ugly head here as it does anywhere else. Unfortunately, religion is often the peg upon which disagreements hang. And therefore a great challenge facing secular universities...

Author: By Daniel M. Suleiman, | Title: Yale Wins Either Way | 9/16/1997 | See Source »

Kim is free on bond until an October sentencing that could send him to prison for up to three years, though six months is more likely. But can he serve his constituents while serving time? Yes, he can. There is no rule that removes members of Congress for misdemeanor convictions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lawbreaker, Lawmaker | 8/13/1997 | See Source »

Written while he was living in Tangiers and first published in Paris, Naked Lunch was the subject of a precedent setting obscenity trial in the United States because of its violent and explicitly sexual content. Publishers won an appeal in Boston and the book was published in the U.S. in...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Writer, Beat Icon Burroughs Dead at 83 | 8/8/1997 | See Source »

Like the Walt Disney Co. and Lucasfilm Ltd., EPE is indeed a ferocious guardian of its properties and with a wolverine-like tenacity, has managed to back off everyone from the Thomas Cook travel agency (trinkets for Memphis tours) to the state of Mississippi (Elvis-shaped flower arrangements) to fan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LOVE ME LEGAL TENDER | 8/4/1997 | See Source »

SAN FRANCISCO: TIME's David Jackson reports that a federal appeals court decision which forces Microsoft to allow employees improperly classified as independent contractors to participate in the company's benefits programs is likely to have a major impact on freelance hiring practices in the high-tech industry. "This labor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Bad Day for Microsoft | 7/25/1997 | See Source »

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