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...surprising 6-to-1 decision last week, New Jersey's supreme court ruled that the Zaks could in fact be tried for negligence. However, the court limited the scope of its decision to instances where a sober host "directly serves" liquor to an intoxicated guest. Hosts of parties with "many guests" would not be liable...
...review panel had given Bank St. slightly higher marks for technical merit and economy but Justiz is understood to have chosen Harvard because of the large scope of its proposal and its greater resources...
...fall, President Bok proposed creating three joint professorships between the Design School and the Kennedy School of Government in housing, transportation, and urban development. And in the spring, school officials began discussing a major expansion of its academic scope and ways to alleviate its financial problems...
Rauch, who calls the Kronauer endeavor his most eye-opening experience ever, agrees that "there was something about the scope of the vision involved that's so big, bigger than me, bigger than all of us, bigger than anything I've ever done." The concept controlling the production the idea of a "magic forest" of criss-crossing stories as an image for the whole world--"scares me now when I listen to conversations in crowds...
While Koppel says "you have to ignore stories like that," he nonetheless takes a moment to explain. "There is no 'Nightline' logo on my pool," he says. "There is a white tile outline of a city scope and some fiber optics that give it a starlight effect. It was the contractor's idea and was meant as a whimsical touch for the family...