Word: reasonlies
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...similar to that of William Milligan, who was accused of raping four women students at Ohio State University two years ago. Defense psychiatrists reported that Milligan had ten personalities and that only one of them was responsible for the crimes. A judge found Milligan not guilty by reason of insanity, and he was committed to a mental hospital...
...school-district boundaries and close rundown, largely black schools. Moreover, the board maintained, Johnson was receiving a quality education. But after years of wrangling, the board's guarantors, Insurance Co. of North America, last December offered a settlement to Johnson. Explains I.N.A. Attorney Eugene Ralston: "The basic reason for settling was the enormous expense involved in the litigation. An in ordinate amount of time would have been involved in trying the case, and an appeal would have been likely." To avoid encouraging other such suits, I.N.A. requested that records of the case be sealed in secrecy, and U.S. District...
...nationwide television address last week, Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan appealed to Iranians to put aside "revenge, enmity and malevolence, forget the past and behave like brothers." There was good reason for the Prime Minister's plea: in an especially tense week in Iran, a former military chief of staff was assassinated, righting once again broke out among ethnic separatists, and police disarmed two men in what may well have been an attempt against Bazargan's life. Meanwhile, in an effort to consolidate the powers of his provisional government, the Prime Minister reshuffled his Cabinet and called...
...next to nothing about personal injury cases. Because of the law's delay and Distillers' refusal to offer more than niggardly settlements to the victims, the case dragged on into the '70s. All the while, the British press was banned from saying anything about it. The reason: under British "contempt of court" law, judges quickly impose fines and jail terms on editors and reporters who comment on any case under court review. The purpose of the law is to prevent "trial by newspaper," but no attempt is made to balance fair trial and free press...
...than doubled since 1973, a far steeper climb than that of inflation, and yet consumption continues to surge. Gasoline prices would have to climb much, much higher to make a significant difference; moderately higher prices will help a little bit, but nowhere near enough to make that alone the reason to decontrol...