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...Bork and the unexpected withdrawal of Douglas Ginsburg, few liberals or conservatives were in any mood for another knockdown brawl. And, at least at first glance, one seems unlikely. No one could find anything in either Kennedy's Norman Rockwell personal background or his twelve-year record on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Sacramento that would prevent him from being confirmed as the nation's 104th Supreme Court Justice, and potentially a long-serving one. At 51, Kennedy is young enough to be shaping court decisions well into the 21st century, long after some aging present Justices...
This novel marks another step in one of the most interesting careers in contemporary letters. It has taken a while for that shoe to drop. The Middle Ground, British Author Margaret Drabble's ninth novel, appeared in 1980 and underscored a process that had begun several books earlier: a movement away from the narrow, intense psychological portraits of her early fiction (A Summer Bird-Cage, The Garrick Year) toward panoramas of realistic characters placed in a recognizable society. Drabble's progress was retrograde, running against the modern notion that fiction should be deep and singular rather than broad and general...
...became convinced that he was a true believer in the conservative cause, and lobbied hard for his appointment. Meese had to prevail over White House Chief of Staff Howard Baker, who preferred that the President nominate moderate, mainstream, conservative Judge Anthony Kennedy, an eleven-year veteran of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court in California...
...shutout was the ninth of the season for Harvard netminder Tracee Whitley, who now has a 0.45 goals-against-average. Whitley was aided by a strong Crimson defense, and only had to make two saves in the contest...
...smell of hot sausage and the sight of performers in traditional German garb were just two of the many attractions found yesterday at the ninth annual Harvard Square Oktoberfest...