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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...
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...
...there are the appeals. Dodi's father, the conspiratorially minded Mohammed al-Fayed, has been publicly planning an appeal ever since it became apparent that the court would absolve the photogs. And then there are the lawsuits. The only survivor of the crash, Diana bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones, may sue the Ritz and the limousine company that leased the crashed Mercedes; meanwhile, Diana's family and the English royal family are reportedly considering legal action. But the biggest drama still to come will be from the official British inquest, which could not start until the French criminal investigation was concluded...
Saudi multimillionaire Salah Idris is preparing to sue the U.S. government in an effort to win back his good name--plus the $30 million or so he lost when the U.S. bombed his pharmaceutical factory last year. According to U.S. officials, Idris' plant in Khartoum stored chemical-weapons material and had links to OSAMA BIN LADEN, the alleged mastermind of attacks on two American embassies in Africa one year ago. But while America has provided little evidence to implicate Idris, the Saudi businessman has commissioned a U.S. investigative firm to support his claim that his plant produced nothing but medicine...