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Should the court uphold the Florida law (a decision is expected in June), similar legislation might be adopted by other states and by the Federal Government. Such laws would have a heavy and harmful impact on political coverage...
...comes from Tanner's success in converting it into a stately progress. The 20 or 30 police cars involved generally serve as escort vehicles rather than the weapons of vengeance. The suspense stems from the fact that everyone but the criminals knows that Tanner must in the end uphold the kidnaping law rather than the spirit of common humanity, which has led him into his protective strategy...
Overruling the Ad Board's call for making the demonstrators withdraw from the university (the first time the Faculty didn't uphold an Ad Board recommendation), the Faculty placed 57 students on probation--letting them stay at Harvard, but reducing the scholarships some of them held and substituting loans...
Spitzer, Marmor and others have urged the A.P.A. membership to uphold the board's ruling. Though they seem likely to prevail when the votes are counted next month, they are unwilling to predict certain success. "Psychiatrists," warns Marmor, "are not immune to the prejudices of their culture...
...years. Last week Pat Nixon flew into the gleaming, Oscar Niemeyer-inspired capital Brasilia to witness the inauguration of a new President, but the ceremony signaled no easing of the reins. In a brief swearing in, low-keyed President-select (meaning selected by the generals) Ernesto Geisel promised to uphold a constitution that his three immediate predecessors (all generals) had carefully tailored to meet their authoritarian requirements...