Word: warranting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...consist of practicing law or receiving compensation for activities contrary to standards applicable to the judiciary by statute and rules of the Bar. His ideas and his personal life are his own business-but the House of Representatives cannot fail to investigate to determine whether or not the facts warrant impeachment in these circumstances. Louis C. WYMAN, Representative First District, New Hampshire Washington...
Basically, the offering consisted of $1.6 billion in 30-year debentures accompanied by warrants to buy $1.6 billion worth of A.T. & T. stock between November 1970 and May 1975. Each warrant entitles the holder to buy a share of A.T. & T. stock for $52, about $3 above last week's closing price; thus any increase in the price of the stock above $52 during the next five years will give the original warrant holder a profit. The company began mailing the subscription offer to its 3,140,000 shareholders only last week, and Wall Street will not know...
...attorney Herbert Travers told the federal District Court in Boston that available evidence-and the acquittal of Spock, Ferber, and Raskin-"does not warrant the retrial of Coffin and Goodman...
Even some Republicans who had stood with the Administration were discomfited. James Pearson of Kansas, who voted for both nominees, said: "I do not recall a single discussion or comment, either public or private, by a single Senator, which would warrant the President's conclusion." Minority Leader Hugh Scott was privately furious at the Administration's handling of the case. Publicly, he said: "The Senate is anxious to support the President. I stand ready to help muster that support and urge the nomination of an individual with impeccable credentials...
...proposal to allot $600 to help the state root out a blight called pine blister rust went down because, as one man said: "We can do it better, and for nothing." One item on the "warrant," or agenda, suggested replacing Mount Vernon's 22 conventional street lights with 17 mercury-vapor lights to provide better illumination. When the first selectman explained that the change would increase the monthly electric bill by $25.90, a resident shouted: "Forget it!" It was unanimously voted down...