Word: processes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...agreement allowed her to change her mind after the birth of the child. But in practice that concession may not amount to much. How many women would be likely to bear a child without compensation? And how many infertile couples would be as willing to go through the process, faced with the possibility that the mother might renege? Though the ruling applies only to New Jersey, that state's supreme court is one of the nation's most influential, especially in matters of bioethics. "This ruling deals a death blow" to the practice, says Jeremy Rifkin of the National Coalition...
...fact, the speech was full of familiar hyperbolic rhetoric: "Nicaragua is being transformed into a beachhead for aggression against the U.S." In a follow-up address, Indiana Democrat Lee Hamilton offered the prevailing House view. The U.S., he said, should wait and see if Nicaragua sticks with the peace process set in motion by last summer before restoring military aid to the contras. "Now is the time to put the Sandinistas to the test," Hamilton said, "and to take risks for peace...
...fundraising review process is more complicated at FAS, where officials say the complexity of the $22 million a year operation requires special attention. Dean of Faculty A. Michael Spence says that the development officers responsible for FAS's fundraising will review their own procedures this spring as part of the more thorough FAS inquiry. Spence submitted a preliminary letter to Bok last month that presented a plan for the long-range review...
...threads of the story come together at McCoy's trial--he is at once The Great White Defendant, The Big Story and The Political Boon. McCoy is dehumanized by the judicial process, and by the system that had served him so well before. He is thrown to a pack of hungry press animals, anxiously waiting in front of the precinct house to tear McCoy apart as he is arrested. The circus arrest is followed by the drama of a holding tank, complete with sinister Bronx criminal types, rats and other indignities to Sherman McCoy's person. By the time McCoy...
...Kierstead led the grapplers with a win and a tie. He defeated Penn's Henry Franklin 9-4, scoring three reversals in the process. In the last thirty seconds against Albany's Chris Zogby, Kierstead escaped a hold and was also awarded a penalty point to deadlock the score...