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...reconsider after 1,500 of its 360,000 members quit in protest, costing the organization $300,000 in dues. The vote was a victory for pro-life forces, who had waged a $50,000 campaign, with the help of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago. U.S. Attorney General Dick Thornburgh also pitched in, warning the group that the A.B.A.'s role as an evaluator of federal judges could be compromised by the pro-choice stance...
...Alvarez, who was tracked down by Mexican bounty hunters and delivered to DEA agents in El Paso, has caused a rift between the U.S. and Mexico. The Mexican government is demanding the arrest and extradition of the DEA agent who masterminded the snatch. Retorts U.S. Attorney General Dick Thornburgh: "It's a mistake for the government of Mexico not to cooperate ((in bringing)) to justice those persons who have contributed to this dreadful incident...
...that meeting Bush huddled with Sununu, Vice President Dan Quayle, White House Counsel C. Boyden Gray and Attorney General Dick Thornburgh, looking over dossiers on about a dozen possibilities whom the Administration had singled out over the past 18 months. Sununu held back during the discussions, letting Gray and Thornburgh make the case for Souter. After the group had narrowed the list to about eight candidates, Bush asked for further specifics on several of them, then retired to Camp David for the weekend. Sununu went to work behind the scenes on Souter's behalf...
...DICK THORNBURGH...
...whipping, or signing off on work that has not been performed. Mechanics allegedly failed to perform maintenance on cockpit gauges, landing gear, radar and fuel systems. While no accidents resulted from the neglected work, "thousands of innocent passengers may have been put at risk every day," Attorney General Dick Thornburgh declared...