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...University wants to make sure its representatives do not sign something and commit the University to something it can't enforce or uphold," said Director of Computer Operations Lewis A. Law, one of four people designated by Spence to sign software licenses...
...WATCH THE TEFLON PEEL from Ronald Reagan's presidency, there is no need to bicker about the relative venality of the various crimes his Administration committed. The President has broken faith with the American people. He swore to uphold and to defend the Constitution but instead led his Administration on a course that shows gross disrespect for the rule of law. As disastrous as President Reagan's tenure has been, the legacy of his Administration will not be its short-sighted policies, but a perversion of the fundamental process of government that will not soon be forgotten...
...related case last August, CRCB held thatHarvard had violated rent control ordinances byrenting apartment 209 in the same building toFerranti-Dege. The camera dealer had first rentedfrom Harvard in 1985, Turk said. In that case theBoard did not uphold the hearing examiner'srecommendation that Harvard be legally prosecuted
...campaign against Bird centered on her refusal to uphold the death sentences in all 61 capital cases that came before the court during her nine-year tenure. A coalition of political conservatives, county prosecutors, and relatives of murder victims lobbyed to remove Bird and her associates, empowering Republican Governor George Deukmejian to pick conservatives to fill the vacant judicial seats...
While the Reverend Robertson holds views which are contradictory to the very constitution he would have to swear to uphold, the means he has chosen to garner support in his race for the presidency should not be taken lightly. Too often politicians ignore the fact that real people vote for them, choosing instead to rely on polls and television. But there are real people out there and they want to feel wanted and perhaps they even hope for the politicians to offer them a little fervor...