Word: rule
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...John McLaurin and Benjamin ("Pitchfork Ben") Tillman, both South Carolina Democrats, who exchanged insults-then blows-on the Senate floor in 1902, giving rise to Senate Rule XIX, which bars senatorial character assassination...
...that a number of states are liberalizing their laws to permit more therapeutic abortions, the A.M.A. also conceded that its 1871 rule against abortion, except "with a view to the safety of the child," was "antiquated." "Change and reform in this area are inevitable," said the policy statement. It condoned abortions on essentially the same grounds as those recommended by the American Law Institute, already voted into law in Colorado, North Carolina and California. Among the differences: the A.M.A. would require "documented medical evidence" of the need for an abortion, and rape or incest would have to be "legally established...
...majority does not actually say that, however, and it does imply that the "showing of special facts" could overcome the disability. The court's rule is confusing, but, says Columbia Law Professor Alan Westin, who has a book on the subject due to come out soon: "If my life depended on drafting an acceptable eavesdropping statute along the lines of the decision, I think I would have a pretty good chance...
...soon as the man dies, his soul shall pierce or crack the window glass, thus giving proof of its existence." Courthouse observers estimate that the hearing will last all summer, but Myers considers himself fortunate in at least one respect: "I don't have to rule whether or not man has a soul." That, he explains, is a matter outside his court's jurisdiction...
...economic ailments go deeper than the proposed cures would suggest. A full one-third of France's industry is quasi-government controlled, and its 160 state-owned companies piled up deficits of $1.1 billion in 1966. Uninspired management, crushing labor disputes and general inefficiency are the rule. These stigmas-plus the fact that taxes gobble 45% of the national product-give French industry the lowest profit margins in the West...