Reagan's judicial choices reshape the Supreme Court
Anthony Lewis notes Reagan's nominations of William Rehnquist and Antonin Scalia threaten to redefine the Court. He warns of reduced restraint on official power and broader, activist interpretations of constitutional rights, arguing the changes could weaken liberties and alter American governance.
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Boston
Supreme Court
Reagan
William H. Rehnquist
Rehnquist
John Marshall Harlan
James Clark McReynolds
United States
Antonin Scalia
Scalia
7Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Daniel Manion
Robert H. Jackson
Virginia efficiency critique sparks four day work week proposal
The editorial questions state government inefficiency in Virginia raised by Eugene T. Goode of the Bureau of Environmental Health. It notes a commission on efficiency, potential reforms, and a four day work week trial idea, then shifts to Dr. Helen Caldicott’s warnings after Chernobyl and nuclear risk. The piece voices caution about overhauling public systems and fears future disasters.
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Eugene T. Goode
Bureau of Environmental Health
Virginia Health Department
Mr. Goode
Virginia
Goode
West Virginia
Virginia Commission On Efficiency
Richmond
Roanoke
Norfolk
Annandale
Helen Caldicott
Harvard Medical School
Chernobyl
Caldicott
Pilgrim
Plymouth
Mass
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
America
Dr. Caldicott
Swivel tongues and fashion chat at Peachtree Cafe in Atlanta
In a lively Atlanta luncheon, two socialites gossip about fashion, hair, shoes, and travel from Palm Beach to New York and Maui. They discuss designer labels, outfits, aerobics, and their friends, with Lewis Grizzard noted as a syndicated columnist for Cowles Syndicate and King Features.
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Atlanta
Hamilton
New York
Spencer
Palm Beach
Breakers
Lewis Grizzard
Cowles Syndicaté, Inc
King Features Syndicate
SALT II rhetoric confuses Washington and Moscow
Flora Lewis notes persistent American backtracking on SALT II proposals and a pattern of contradictory statements from the United States on arms limits. She argues that no clear, coherent policy emerges as Reagan and Gorbachev prevaricate, keeping both sides unsure and fueling mutual suspicion.
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Paris
Reagan
United States
Soviet Union
Moscow
Washington
America
Mikhail Gorbachev
Gorbachev
Britain
Geoffrey Howe
le Monde
Congress
Geneva
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