Word: suits
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals continued this trend by deciding unanimously last Tuesday to throw out a suit brought by Democratic congressmen that charged President Reagan with violating the resolution. The court claimed that the ceasefire in the Iran-Iraq War had rendered moot the legislators' case that Reagan had acted illegally by introducing troops into a hostile setting in the Persian Gulf without notifying Congress...
Asked if the superior officers' union would file a civil suit in addition to the grievance, Murphy said he doubted the members intended to do so. Wise also said the patrolmen's union had not discussed filing suit. Louison added that "nothing has been determined...
...call him the "beat box of all time." In Germany, where he found his first wide audience, his nickname is the Stimmwunder (Wondervoice). What McFerrin does ranges so widely, from scat to rock to jazz and off into the twilight zone, that any number of names can suit him. The "Body Electric" is what he calls himself, with some bemusement. Plain "terrific" will do very nicely...
...finally applied the anti-discrimination laws to itself. It got around the separation-of-powers argument neatly by setting up an office staffed by its own members and employees to enforce the law -- a solution that was just as readily available in 1964. The Senate is expected to follow suit next year...
...Justice Department sued Melrose Park (pop. 23,000) as well as , twelve other suburbs for discriminatory employment practices. Of 217 city employees, none were black. Melrose Park contested the suit and lost in court...