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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Lately, almost every Steinbrenner trade has been a resounding failure because he gets rid of players for personality conflicts and brings in players who have no personality--or character--and cannot play in New York...

Author: By Christine Dimino, | Title: George Steinbrenner, You're No Lou Gehrig | 11/18/1988 | See Source »

...heard in the past that the Cornell Athletic Department's way of handling a problem is by getting rid of it," Rosenbaum said. "It wouldn't have been fair to seniors...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: G-R-I-E-V-A-N-C-E for Cheerleaders at Cornell | 11/10/1988 | See Source »

Voters should be concerned about the dangers of nuclear power, and a "Yes" vote on Question 4 serves everyone's best interests by getting rid of the two most inefficient and worst-run energy plants in the country...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yes on Question Four | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

...Congress may get rid of a judge for an impeachable offense," said Edwards. "Since Congress is loath to impeach federal judges, this leaves a large category of judiciary misconduct that is safe from regulation...

Author: By Samantha L. Heller, | Title: Judge: Courts Need Autonomy | 10/28/1988 | See Source »

...last week's oral arguments, Julius Chambers, director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, argued against overturning Runyon by stressing that it had become a "significant part of the web of congressional and judicial efforts to rid the country of public and private discrimination." Surprisingly, when Manhattan attorney Roger Kaplan argued to overturn the ruling, conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, who had voted to rehear the case, asked from the bench, "Let's concede that ((Runyon)) is wrong. So what? What's special about this case to require us to go back and change our decision?" When Kaplan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Is The Court Turning Right? | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

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