Word: standing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...suit brought by a black woman, Brenda Patterson, against a North Carolina credit union -- an action relying on the Runyon precedent. Instead of deciding the Patterson suit on its own merits, the court voted last April to schedule a rehearing of Runyon itself. If the court reverses its earlier stand, it could deprive blacks of what has become a significant weapon against bias by employers or private schools. It will also undo a decision that has provided a basis for subsequent federal law and more than 100 lower-court rulings...
...these defenses, however, contain one implicit assumption: Dukakis shouldn't defend the Massachusetts program on its own merits, because prison furloughs are a bad thing. Even the liberal Perspective chastised Dukakis' stand, saying "It doesn't take an MBA from Harvard to know that giving furloughs to first-degree murderers is a dumb idea...[T]he governor's lack of political acumen on the furlough issue is troubling...
...slain officer's father, Matthew Byrne, a retired New York police lieutenant, said he was giving Bush his son's shield and commendation bar "because we believe he and his administration will stand...
...common theme that ran through the recent campaign for Undergraduate Council Chairman was that the Council has to start taking a stand on tough issues. Kenneth E. Lee '89 claimed during a debate last week that the student government has to do more than make decisions on milk in the dining halls...
...said that instead of giving to beggars on the street, people should donate to their favorite charity. He was, legitimately enough, trying to protect people from being swindled. But by telling people to close their hearts and minds to the needy, Koch is providing us with an excuse to stand aside while the poor and homeless starve...