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...complexity of the cases helps explain the splintering, however, and it is hardly unique to the Burger Court. The tremendous work load and end-of-term rush to judgment leave little time for collegiality. Nor are the divisions necessarily bad. Says Stanford Law Professor Gerald Gunther: "I disagree with the assumption that the country is best off with Justices who have a simple, predictable framework. More often than not those courts have been wrong...
...three ten-year-old DC-9 jets from TWA and daubing them with rainbow colors. Uniforms for flight attendants came off the peg rather than being designer-made. No meals are served aloft, yet drinks are a bargain at $1 each. Midway's nonunionized ticket agents cheerfully help load bags or straighten up the departure lounge when necessary. But the real attraction is the fares: 30% to 50% below normal coach rates...
...three now fails. The state gives women some help in the form of child care and maternity leaves, but that is hardly enough to ease their dual burdens. One solution being advocated by an increasing number of women: part-time jobs, and plenty of them, to lighten the load and allow a little more breathing space for self-development...
...said that the people who had chartered their boats threatened their lives if they tried to leave empty. At the same time, the Cuban government threatened to levy $20,000 fines if the captains refused to pick up refugees. Then, when the ships returned to Key West with a load of refugees, the U.S. handed "intent to fine" citations to the skippers and posted Government seizure notices on the vessels. Protested one mate on a shrimp boat: "This man Carter tells us we can go over there and then tells us we can't. I wish to hell...
While the past waves of Cuban refugees proved hard workers who not only helped each other but strengthened the communities in which they settled, some fears about the latest influx are developing in Cuban-American areas. As the U.S. enters an economic recession, the new load on schools, local services and taxes is not welcome. A few protest rallies have already been held in South Florida. Asks Miami Builder Hank Green, incoming president of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce: "Who takes them in? Who feeds them? I told my family last night, be prepared to be bilingual...