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...found that it was possible for native land title to have survived. The Mabo decision, as it had come to be know, took its name from the principal plaintiff in the case, Eddie Mabo, who came from the Murray Islands off the coast of northern Queensland. The court upheld this particular claim to native land title, and indicated that mainland Aborigines could similarly argue a case for such title...
...many states, though, age is no barrier to punishment. Twenty-seven do not have age restrictions in prosecuting juveniles as adults (see chart). On Friday the Indiana Supreme Court upheld a department of corrections decision to house Donna Ratliff in an adult prison. At 14 she burned down her parents' house as retribution for alleged sexual abuse by "family members since the age of four." In 1996 a judge had recommended that Donna be sent to a juvenile facility...
...such cases remain the exception, and few have been upheld on appeal. Part of Mackenzie's giant damage award has already been set aside by a judge. And the California Supreme Court dealt Cotran a setback in January, when it ordered a new trial, which may be harder for him to win. The court said if employers fully investigate and arrive at a "good-faith belief" that harassment occurred, they may fire the alleged harasser...
...other hand, if there were stories saying Harvard students upheld the boycott, the union will turn that into leaflets and say 'We're not alone, people support us,'" Ganz said...
Nothing about this production is groundbreaking, but the work put in by Lapine and his cast is admirable. A greater variation of feeling and behavior by Mr. and Mrs. Frank would make some of the play's flatter scenes more interesting, but the performance is upheld by the simple emotional power of the story. The ideas of this production of are all at the surface, candidly expressed, which is just what the story requires. The Diary of Anne Frank retains its potency as a work that illuminates a terrible chapter of the past and one girl's remarkable capacity...