Word: would
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...speculations about Sam Pierce has always been that what he would like most of all is a Supreme Court appointment...
Similarly, the unions have often called large one- or two-day "stayaways" but have not managed to organize the kind of prolonged general strike that could bring the economy to a halt. Many South African businessmen say privately that the most effective economic sanction of all would be for the millions of black workers simply to stay at home until the government agrees to negotiate. This does not happen, says a diplomat in Pretoria, because "the primary concern of most blacks in South Africa is money. The secondary concern is possible political gain in the future. There is no revolution...
...Canton council is meeting this week to scale back its new ordinance. But there are indications that Americans are in a mood to fight drugs, even if that means sacrificing some constitutional guarantees. In a Washington Post-ABC News poll last week, 62% of those questioned said they would be willing to give up "a few of the freedoms we have in this country" to reduce illegal drug use significantly. Majorities said they favored mandatory drug tests for all citizens, police searches of the homes of suspected drug dealers without a court order, and random police checks of cars...
During its most recent term, the Supreme Court for the first time outlined the situations in which workplace drug testing would be permissible. The court approved testing for railway workers involved in major accidents and for customs employees seeking jobs that involve narcotics interdiction or require them to carry a gun. Some civil libertarians were encouraged by the fact that the rulings were narrowly crafted to apply only to well-defined groups of workers, leaving open the possibility that the court would not approve more wide-ranging testing...
...Attorney in Los Angeles. Administration drug czar William Bennett says he was "infuriated" by criticisms last week that the Administration's program relied too heavily on law enforcement at the expense of treatment. Complains Bennett: "If anything like this kind of situation were going on in the suburbs, residents would raise holy hell and say, 'Call in the police!' But if we're talking about the inner city, people are saying, 'Well, this sounds repressive...