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The bill on his desk, Ronald Reagan thundered, "would vastly and unjustifiably expand the power of the Federal Government" and could even strike a blow against religious liberty. It was the kind of veto message that in years past the President could almost always make stick. But last week nobody...
The votes in both chambers exceeded the two-thirds majority needed to enact a law over a presidential veto. It was the ninth time Congress had rejected a Reagan veto.
--or criticism. William Chambers '91
Sugarman's spirited confection was installed anyway, and still stands. Other works have not been so lucky. Last year the Washington State legislature voted to remove from its chambers murals it had commissioned in 1980. Artists Alden Mason and Michael Spafford went to court. In a novel ruling, State Superior...
Mayor Coleman Young announced last November that the city would step up its fight against drug dealers. "We're going to hit them and hit them hard," Young declared. He beefed up narcotics squads and ordered police to shut down at least a dozen crack houses a day. Police began...