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...friend began playing in weekend sandlot games in Macombs Dam Park, adjacent to Yankee Stadium. The hitting touch developed in Panama had not deserted him. After a few weeks he caught the eye of a teammate's father who was a "bird dog"-an unofficial unpaid scout -for the Minnesota Twins. A phone call brought a scout; the scout made another call, which, in turn, fetched the Twins' farm director. Finally, when Minnesota came to town for a series with the Yankees, young Carew was brought inside the stadium...
Myself, I make $8,400 a year and in exchange I am expected to be loyal, obedient, circumspect and addicted to unpaid overtime. A former boss of mine told me, in a moment of undue confidence, that a divorced woman with a child is the ideal employee; she can't quit and she can't complain...
Mayer uses the plight of the aging comic-book hero to parody most of what characterizes America and everything that makes up New York. Shortly after the novel begins, chaos strikes the bankrupt Metropolis. The unpaid and overworked police force have resigned en masse and looting, rape and murder pervade. Brinkley, watching football, curses his bookie and tries to ignore the city's crisis until the fateful thought strikes him, "Is it a conspiracy?" Needless to say, it is. And Brinkley plunges into a crisis of conscience. Should he leave the repose of his suburban home, his loving wife...
Last week such access was restricted further when the high court reduced the authority of federal courts to interfere in some state court civil proceedings. Specifically at issue: under New York law, a creditor with an unpaid judgment can summon the debtor to testify about his assets. If the debtor fails to show up, he may be cited for contempt of court and ultimately sent to jail. A lower federal court held the New York procedure unconstitutional. The Supreme Court reversed the ruling, declaring that the debtor should have raised his constitutional claim in the state court. Expanding the doctrine...
...parents had suggested a career as a high school teacher-good security for a woman-but Ruth Ginsburg believes that sex barriers are to be toppled. As one of four unpaid general counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union, Ginsburg argued-and last week won-her fourth major Supreme Court women's rights case, promising equal benefits for widows and widowers under Social Security. Her successful strategy: "To attack the most pervasive stereotype in the law-that men are independent and women are men's dependents." Ginsburg encourages her students to join in preparing her cases. Such experience...