Word: rule
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...solution to these problems. As time passes and judicial conservatism becomes ingrained in our legal system, acceptable settlements may become harder and harder to negotiate. If a company guilty of discriminatory hiring practices is threatened with a lawsuit, it might prefer to go to trial if the courts consistently rule against affirmative action...
...days, there have been reports and growing speculation that Honecker's 18-year rule at the head of the Communist Party may be drawing to a close...
After an extensive debate, the council voted to send a "home-rule" petition to the state legislature, asking that the city be allowed to charge developers a fee of three dollars per square foot on new construction that exceeds 30,000 square feet in area. The money raised by these so-called "linkage" fees would be placed in a trust fund to help build housing for city residents with low-to-moderate incomes...
Should the home-rule petition be adopted by the state, it would return to the council, which would then have the option of passing legislation to implement...
...asked City Solicitor Russell B. Higley to draw up a home-rule petition authorizing the city to ban semiautomatic weapons. A similar measure was recently adopted in Boston...