Word: rightfull
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In fact, O'Connor's dissent may reflect a sturdy commitment to states' rights, rather than any personal feelings about abortion. She cited earlier court decisions: " 'Scrupulous regard for the rightful independence of state governments' counsels against 'unnecessary interference by the federal courts.'...
Dispute over the archipelago is not a new issue. The British claim to have sighted the Falklands in the late 1500s and the islands alternated between English and Spanish control until they were colonized by Argentina in 1830 after the Spanish left the area. Shortly thereafter in 1833 the British...
The Court's decision is, as the dissentors state, a "manifest injustice" because it denies the tribes their rightful claim under the Court's own apportionment formula. The majority notes that the tribes are not currently using their full water allotment, but it is unrealistic to assume that they will...
How welcome the good notices will be. The fact is that those at home have caused great consternation in recent weeks. And what seems most surprising is that much of the press rancor has lashed about the lovely head of the nation's new royal sweetheart, the Princess of Wales...
"The characters took the bit in their teeth; all at once they became detached from the flat paper, they turned their backs on me and walked off bodily." The speaker is Robert Louis Stevenson; the story is Kidnapped (Scribners; $17.95). As young David Balfour seeks his rightful inheritance in the...