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...upheld a Minnesota law requiring unwed teenagers to notify both parents before an abortion if the law allows minors to go to a judge instead. In a 6-to-3 vote, the court upheld Ohio's requirement that a physician notify one parent of a pregnant minor of her intent to have an abortion; it also provided for judicial bypass...
...Before the scheduled visit, Harry Belafonte and Roger Wilkins, officials of the Mandela welcome committee, arranged for Jewish leaders to meet with Mandela in Geneva. Though he succeeded in mollifying some of them by acknowledging Israel's right to exist, more militant Jews went away from the talks still intent on staging protests during his visit because of his insistence that Israel should return to its pre-1967 borders. What finally assured the harmony that prevailed for nearly three days was an unpublicized phone call from another rebel who, like Mandela, knows how it feels to be a prisoner...
...What role should the framers' original intent play in interpreting the Constitution...
...speaks very broadly, original intent is relevant if you can ascertain it. It's perfectly clear that the Founding Fathers believed in free speech and freedom of religion. But when you get right down to specifics, it was impossible for the Founding Fathers to anticipate the developments of civilization. So I don't think one gains anything by saying original intent controls. Whether they were endowed with unique wisdom or very good luck -- or both -- the Founding Fathers blessed us with a Constitution that is brief and broadly phrased...
...million a year in timber revenue that the Federal Government returns to the county to help pay for public administration, roads and schools. At the local Ford dealership, the only owls that are welcomed are those made out of ceramic, which stand on the roofline warding off swallows intent on building nests under the eaves. Cars and trucks are not selling. Too much uncertainty. Says salesman Bruce Goetsch: "We survived without the dinosaur. What's the big deal about...