Word: suits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Cambridge's suit alleges that the state law, which allows large property holders to demand a three-quarters vote of the city council before any zoning changes can be implemented, is unconstitutional because it gives the University unequal representation in city decision-making...
...right of sovereignty has usually been considered sacrosanct, and to belong to people, not corporations," Douglas Randall, the attorney handling the suit for the city, said yesterday...
...March in Japan, which urged workers to set their thermostats at 28° C (82.4° F). Although the fashion has yet to catch on with the public, Energy Czar Masumi Esaki has been trying to promote what he calls the Sho-ene (save energy) Look-a short-sleeved suit, sans tie, which he wore to greet Carter last week in Tokyo...
...public's right to know and the individual's right to protect his reputation. The court did not want to stop people who had been defamed from suing for libel. But at the same time, it wanted to make sure that the risk of costly libel suits would not prevent the press from publishing stories of public interest. So, in a line of cases going back to New York Times vs. Sullivan in 1964, the court gradually worked out a compromise: it made it very difficult for people who involve themselves in public issues to win a libel...
DIED. Philippe Cousteau, 39, younger son and chief collaborator of Jacques-Yves Cousteau in oceanographic studies and films; after the seaplane he was piloting sank upon landing near Alverca, Portugal. The M.I.T.-educated Cousteau, who donned his first wet suit as a toddler, directed the camerawork for his father's Emmy Award-winning TV series...