Word: sues
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...Playing on grass was just retarding us as a program," Kalil said. "Top-10 teams won't even play on grass--it's simply not worth their while. Our coach [Sue Caples] really pushed for it, and we are so appreciative. It can only work to Harvard's advantage...
Liberals fretted that the decision would make it easier for the government to trample on minority religions. Conservatives were worried that the Smith ruling would erode the autonomy of all religious institutions--making it easier, for instance, for a Catholic woman to sue her church to become a minister. The coalition that eventually formed in support of a new religious-freedom law includes centrist groups such as the Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs, Christian-right groups such as Focus on the Family and left-leaning organizations such as Americans for Democratic Action...
...turbo-charged? How would it affect whom we choose to marry--those with altered genes or those without? If, as a parent, you haven't mortgaged the house to enhance your children, what sort of parent does that make you? Will a child one day be able to sue her parents for failing to do everything they could...
Oklahoma junior high school science teacher Dennis Fritz never thought he would be convicted of raping and murdering his neighbor, 21-year-old Debra Sue Carter. He had no criminal record, except for driving offenses, and the case against him was paper thin--flimsy circumstantial evidence and the dubious testimony of a jailhouse snitch who claimed Fritz confessed while awaiting trial. Was that really all it took to send a man away for life? "When the jury came back with a guilty verdict, I almost went into shock," says Fritz...
States are tightening skimpy federal rules that have been in place since 1991. The Telephone Consumer Protection Act requires companies to keep a list of people who request not to receive such calls, and gives consumers the right to sue telemarketers $500 for each violation. Last month a South Carolina man took AT&T to small-claims court for repeat calls, and was awarded...