Word: promptings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...case against United Mine Workers Boss Tony Boyle under the same Corrupt Practices Act. But while the Boyle case ended in prosecution and conviction, the one against Hall was dismissed by the court in May last year on the grounds that the Government had not pushed it in prompt fashion. The Justice Department did not appeal the decision, in effect simply dropping the case...
...other tests on a Friday morning, Teddy was examined, released for the weekend, and sent back to school the following Monday. But by Tuesday the results of the tests had come back from the lab; the youngster had chondrosarcoma, a fast-growing cancer of the cartilage. The recommended treatment: prompt amputation to prevent the disease from spreading...
Skipping one meal is a tiny sacrifice for Harvard students to make, and it might prompt them to think about making bigger sacrifices for people dying of humger. It now is too late to sign up for the fast; everyone, whether or not they have signed up, should realize that skipping one meal is only the beginning of what must be done for Ethiopia...
...regulation having the force of law and was therefore illegal." Acting Attorney General Robert H. Bork, following Nixon's orders, had abolished the special prosecutor's post, ruled Gesell, as "simply a ruse to permit the discharge of Mr. Cox." This was demonstrated, he wrote, by the prompt recreation of the post. The judge said there was no need to take action to reinstate Cox, since Cox had made no effort to get the job back, and in fact had said he did not want...
Bator admitted that the matter was "not beyond dispute," and suggested that a mechanism for prompt judicial review be included in any legislation...