Word: sided
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...proposed a package of what they called interim measures: a ban on antisatellite weapons, a ban on "space-to-earth weapons" (such as lasers mounted on orbiting battle stations) and a "strengthening of the ABM treaty." They suggested adding a new protocol to the pact that would prohibit either side from withdrawing for 15 to 20 years...
...common knowledge that plastic garbage bags left on or at the side of a public street are readily accessible to animals, children, scavengers, snoops and other members of the public," declared Justice Byron White for the majority. Requiring police to seek warrants before searching such refuse would therefore be inappropriate, he wrote. Rubbish, responded Dissenters William Brennan and Thurgood Marshall, who predicted that "members of our society will be shocked" by the court's ruling. "Scrutiny of another's trash is contrary to commonly accepted notions of civilized behavior," they maintained. "A single bag of trash testifies eloquently...
...reason, they appear as penguins carrying briefcases), their boards must be danced lightly out of the ring. The tightwire supports must waft amusingly into the ring. Now, precisely on cue, Antoine the wire walker plays a soothing tune on his oboe for his nervous partner Agathe. Off to the side, Hand Balancer Amelie Demay, 19, shows a younger girl how to do a handstand on the balance point of a teeterboard...
...Frank C. Carlucci as Secretary of Defense. Carlucci squeaked by, 91 to 1. A month later, Helms opposed a major education bill, arguing that the Federal Government should not fund education. The bill passed 97 to 1. "I sometimes find myself wishing there were more people on my side who were willing to speak up," he says...
...even as he fired his spokesman Terry Eastland a fortnight ago. It was a bizarre performance. Eastland, a respected conservative, had no inkling that Meese was unhappy with him. Summoned to the Attorney General's office, he walked in innocently, the man with the longest tour at Meese's side of any of the senior staff. It was as if Meese did not know him. And so Eastland became the eleventh top aide to quit or be fired from Justice in two months...