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...practice of contracting out to private industry such services as security and cleaning for federal buildings. The House, defying decades of experience, assumes that the Government could perform these functions far more cheaply itself. "Baloney," scoffs Congressman Delbert Latta, ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee. A committee staffer concedes that the figure was reached not after careful study but by "aneducated guess...
...liberal corner that he shares with Thurgood Marshall and often John Paul Stevens. A hesitating colleague is likely to be asked, "Would you be happier if the standard were phrased this way?" If, as often happens, he is seeking Powell's fifth vote, recalls a former court staffer, he will "have the clerk working on the opinion keep in touch with Powell's clerk" to make sure the emerging reasoning is acceptable to his colleague.--Brennan will even sacrifice some of his own views if necessary. Says University of Michigan Law Professor Yale Kamisar: "He doesn't want...
...French courts by suing the MK2 movie theater chain for discrimination. According to MK2 general director Philippe Aigle, a commission set up under the auspices of the French Interior Ministry instructed the firm in 2002 not to admit wheelchair users for safety reasons. The staffer refused Michel entry, Aigle says, for her and other patrons' safety in the event of an emergency, where a wheelchair could impede a quick exit: "Safety is an essential concern, and if there is a fire...
...avant-porn in the private screening room; some had sex on the carpeted floor. (I should say had love, since three Film Department liaisons, Mary's and mine included, ended in late-60s marriages, and all of them are still going strong more than 35 years later.) One MoMA staffer and spouse had a brief business connection with blue cinema: they rented out their brownstone as a location for the porn epic Inside Jennifer Welles...
...pointed questions at those town halls-events which one senior Republican House aide said in some cases were "horrific." Because the President will not pick a route, members have to defend all possible choices. "They can't go home and defend 17 different opinions," says a senior Congressional Republican staffer worried about the next Congressional recess in two weeks. Based on the President's strategy, they're going to have...