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...Earl Warren era, and Rehnquist often found himself in lonely dissent against the Justices' rulings upholding the constitutional rights of blacks, women and the poor. Indeed, Rehnquist was on the short end of so many 8-to-1 votes that his law clerks presented him with a small Lone Ranger doll, which still sits on the mantel in his chambers...
...William Rehnquist is the Lone Ranger no longer. To his brethren he will henceforth be known as "the chief." Last week President Reagan announced that Rehnquist will succeed Warren Burger, 78, who will step down after 17 years as the highest jurist in the land when the court's term ends next month. On the first Monday in October, when the nine Justices emerge from behind the red curtain to take the high bench, William Hubbs Rehnquist will become the 16th Chief Justice of the United States...
News of the impending nuptials evoked almost audible sighs--of disappointment from would-be Cinderellas and of relief from the royal family, which was obviously delighted that "Randy Andy" had finally settled down with a proper "Sloane Ranger." Well, perhaps not entirely proper. She had been previously involved in a three-year affair with a racing-car driver 22 years her senior. But then Andrew has a past as well. The effervescent, redheaded Ferguson has long been a favorite of Queen Elizabeth's. She is , distantly related to the Queen through her father, Major Ronald Ferguson, who is Charles' polo...
...Stallone has developed his own film genre. Hehas created national and international filmheros." Dick said. "There hasn't been a film herosince the Lone Ranger that has had the kind ofappeal...
...when Calvin Coolidge went fishing under Albright's eye in the Firehole River, the President let a park ranger take some of the lead weights off his line so the spinner would work better. Some time later, the ranger suggested adding weight and reached for new sinkers in Coolidge's tackle box. Rasped the parsimonious Coolidge: "What did you do with those two pieces of lead you took off the line the other day and put in your pocket...