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Some scholars believe the time is ripe for the Lemon test to be modified or overturned. Four Supreme Court Justices have soured on Lemon. Two prominent legal experts who filed "friend of the court" briefs expressed dissatisfaction with Lemon: Michael McConnell of the University of Chicago, backing the Satmars on behalf of Evangelical Protestants, and Douglas Laycock of the University of Texas, opposing the Satmars on behalf of the more liberal National Council of Churches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is There a Place For God in School? | 4/11/1994 | See Source »

Fraiberg began playing squash at the ripe young age of 10 in her home-town of Montreal...

Author: By Andrew D. Zucker, | Title: Fraiberg Closes Out Impressive Career | 3/23/1994 | See Source »

...capital city of Canada. Muchsmaller than the larger cities of Toronto andMontreal, the passion for hockey nevertheless runsjust as strong, the inept NHL Senatorsnotwithstanding. And in a climate where skating isa life skill, it comes as no surprise to learnthat Baird began learning the tools his adoptedtrade at the ripe old age of three...

Author: By Darren Kilfara, | Title: Finishing in Style: The Class of '94 | 3/21/1994 | See Source »

...alas, they don't make 'em like they used to. It's painful to sound 40 at the ripe old age of 18, but I have not choice. The cards, at 79 cents a pack (plus tax), cost twice as much as the did just five years ago. And I doubt that's just inflation. Nevertheless, it was my duty as a baseball loyalist to dig deep for the extra change...

Author: By Ethan M. Tucker, | Title: Down and Out About America's Game | 3/19/1994 | See Source »

There's another level to "The Chase" ripe for masturbatory intellectual appreciation--part of the fantasy is that the LA media catches onto this drama right away, and a lot of the information we get is from accounts of the chase on news shows. This is admittedly kind of funny at times, but unbelievably heavy-handed. Look, it screams, how the media and entertainment industry will resort to anything to produce copy! I get the message loud and clear, but I wonder if Charlie Sheen realizes just how ironically that message comes across...

Author: By Jake S. Kreilkamp, | Title: Wild Goose 'Chase' | 3/10/1994 | See Source »

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