View: Sobriety checkpoints welcomed as tool against drunk driving
Our View argues the Supreme Court upheld roadblocks to detect alcohol impairment despite safety and effectiveness concerns. In Michigan only 1.5 percent proved impaired, yet supporters say deterrence matters as publicity may curb drinking and driving. Roadblocks may be useful but not universally appropriate.
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Supreme Court
Michigan
Verbs lay and lie cause writers trouble across usage
A sprawling note catalogs common errors with lay and lie in examples from various papers. It traces forms like laid laid down and lying and discusses tenses, noting correct past tense laid and past participle laid, while highlighting variations such as shone vs shined and bore vs born. It ends with quirky language tidbits and a playful nudge to readers.
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Portland Oregonian
Miami Herald
Savannah
Morning News
Pepper
Capitol
George Bush
New York Times
United Press International
Upy
Wall Street Journal
Seattle
Omaha
World-Herald
Diamond Lil
The
Atlanta Constitution
Andy Rooney
Deep Iene
Rero
Advertiser
Lafayette
Jeff Davis
Gilbey’s Gin
San Antonio
Texas
Express-News
Seattle Times
Is America Becoming Third World Through Immigration
A column fears the Meech Lake accord collapse could split Canada and prompt US expansion. It argues multi ethnic states threaten stability, cites Yugoslavia and California immigration, warns of a drift toward Third World status, and calls for strong borders and cultural defense. The piece frames rising immigration, separatism, and racial tensions as existential threats to American civilization.
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Meech Lake
Quebec
Canada
U.S
James K. Polk
Texas
California
Southwest
Key West
North Pole
Greenland
USA
Uae
Yugoslavia
United States
San Ysidro
Mexico City
White
Cles
Europe
Thasten
Washington Post
Moscow
Brighton Beach
Little Odessa
Mariel
Castro
Cuba
Mexico
Baby Boomers Demand Air Bags Transform Auto Safety
A survey shows Baby Boomers prioritize safety and air bags when buying cars. Consumers credit air bags with saving lives in a 90 mph crash, prompting Detroit to rapidly standardize them amid industry resistance and push from Ford GM and Chrysler.
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Chuck Hurley
Insurance Institute For Highway Safety
Hurley
Volvo
Culpeper
People Magazine
National Enquirer
The
London Economist
Detroit
Chrysler
Lee Tacocca
Global warming debate spurs tree planting plan and skepticism
Brazilian scientists propose a $20 billion program to plant 10 billion trees to absorb 5 percent of Earth's CO2, backed by Jose Goldemberg. Critics like Jose Lutzenberger call it technocratic and see it as boosting the pulp industry. U.N. warnings prompt Thatcher’s pledge of a 30 percent CO2 cut by 2005, while U.S. data shows cooler trends.
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Brazil
Jose Goldemberg
Jose Lutzenberger
United States
Bush
U.N
Margaret Thatcher
Britain
Meanwnite
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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