Word: webster
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...Webster v. Reproductive Health Services is not the first case on abortion that has come before the Court in the past 15 years. Until now, the Court has reaffirmed its 1973 decision that abortion is an issue to be decided between a woman and her doctor, and that state regulation of abortion beyond a limited point is a violation of the constitutional right to privacy...
...like Lori. The reason: they fear that the high court, with its newly conservative majority, may tamper with the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, which legalized abortion nationwide in 1973. Last week the court seemed to take a tentative step in that direction by announcing that it will hear Webster v. Reproductive Health Services. The case involves a 1986 Missouri abortion law that would have put a number of obstacles in the way of a woman seeking abortion...
...dictionary seems to lack a viable purpose. The weighty volume is useless as a reference tool. You need to look up a term? Use Webster's. A geographical location? Try an atlas. An expression? Bartlett's is better...
...secrets during the trial, there was no way he could ensure that North would do the same. The New York Times reported last week that on Dec. 21 a high-ranking review board, which included Secretary of Defense Frank Carlucci, Secretary of State George Shultz, CIA Director William Webster and National Security Adviser Colin Powell, refused to release key classified documents covered by Gesell's order even though Walsh had warned that such actions would undercut the prosecution...
...William Webster, 64, the current CIA director, will remain in his post. But he will lose the Cabinet status he had under Reagan, reflecting Bush's view that the agency should concentrate on providing information rather than influencing policy...