Word: suit
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...fact, declared Papandreou, "not a trace of the mud flying from all sides touches me." He went on to claim that he had spared no effort in making the "truth shine." Finally, said the Prime Minister, as an "offended citizen," he had authorized his lawyers to file a suit against TIME in Greece and elsewhere...
...geneticist is currently planning to transfer genes to human germ cells. Even though mankind has been playing God since biblical times, rearranging the germ lines of crops and farm animals to suit human needs, researchers do not advocate extending such genetic tinkering to people. But medical scientists have an obligation to protect humanity against disease and pestilence. Once it becomes possible to eradicate a gene that causes a fatal disorder, and thus keep it from passing to future generations, it will be criminal not to do so. As director of the Human Genome Project, James Watson contends that the research...
Letterman used the occasion to get a cheap laugh. "Take a look at the band," he told the audience. "Now you tell me which one's the Republican." That wasn't too hard, given that Atwater was the only one wearing a three-piece, navy blue suit...
...filed a sex discrimination suit against the high school during her senior year but lost...
Skocpol, who was initially denied tenure by the Sociology Department, filed a grievance in 1981 charging that she was denied a post because she is a woman. Her suit lasted for five years--after which, in an unrelated incident, President Bok granted her tenure...