Word: rigidness
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Affirmative action was and remains one of U.S. justice's toughest calls: "Split almost exactly down the middle, the Supreme Court last week offered a Solomonic compromise...rigid quotas...were forbidden, but...race might legitimately be an element in judging [university applicants]...Writing six different opinions totaling 154 pages, the Justices were as torn [as] the rest of the nation. The case had attracted 61 amicus curiae briefs, [the most ever submitted]...Three times the opinions were sent to the printer only to be pulled back for additions, deletions and revisions. The version finally made public was the fourth. [Justice...
...furtherance of justice." Prosecutors are allowed to plea-bargain under the law--and so, if they choose, disregard prior convictions. If judges were not allowed to do likewise, the balance of power among the legislative, executive and judicial branches would be skewed. "The legal system has long recognized that rigid application of the law can produce injustice," said Paul Boland, president of the California Judges Association, applauding the ruling. Many of the 18,000 prisoners convicted under the law may now appeal their sentences...
...some politicians. "Those who repeatedly assault our citizens, terrorize our elderly and prey upon our children must pay a severe price," declared Governor Pete Wilson, who pledged to try to overturn the decision either in the legislature or through another ballot initiative. One possibility: make the law even more rigid and remove the discretion of both prosecutors and judges...
...voted for Netanyahu. As the mother of five sons, I have no desire to pursue war with anyone. Netanyahu was elected because Shimon Peres too easily forgot Arafat's history as a murderer. We are hoping Netanyahu will remember whom he is dealing with and will present a more rigid guideline of negotiation. Arafat and his followers should recognize that Israel cannot be divided into any more pieces. JUDY BRETON Alon Shvut, Israel
...nobility of manual labor, and was eventually allowed to serve at a Beijing tool factory, pretending to make lathes. Her naivete proved to be almost, but not quite, invincible. She learned fluent Chinese by shouting ritual denunciations ("Down with counterrevolutionary element Yuan...") but eventually began to question the rigid ideological slogans...