Word: toughers
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Both the heavyweights and the lightweights are building toward the tougher part of their schedules...
...margin, the Supreme Court ruled that even if a seniority system had a discriminatory effect, those challenging it had to prove that the discrimination was intentional. The decision, extending an earlier ruling, means that seniority plans drawn up even after passage of the 1964 act are protected by the tougher "intent" rather than "effect" standard...
...that ground at the trial. The three said they were nevertheless entitled to federal review of their convictions via habeas corpus petitions if they could show that the judges' actions constituted "plain error." But O'Connor, relying on a 1977 Rehnquist opinion, held them to a tougher test. They must, she said, show good cause for not having raised the issue during the regular trial and appeal process, and they must show that the trial error resulted in actual prejudice to their cases. In the other habeas ruling, O'Connor applied the same test to a federal...
Scheduling may be a factor in Sands decreased success, as the Crimson has faced tougher teams than it did last year, and top seed Sands has had to battle some of the country's best collegians...
...proposed amendment is more than a campaign ploy. Fifty-two senators have already co-sponsored a bill to draft the amendment. It faces tougher going in the House, but Republican supporters hope to pressure wishy-washy representatives into publiclychoosing sides before November rolls around...