Skyscraper debate reshapes American architecture
NE YORK AP reports that the skyscraper boom spurs clashes in cities like New York Boston San Francisco and Philadelphia as developers press for space while preservationists and residents fear loss of sunlight streets and city character. Philip Johnson faces criticism after redesigning Boston projects and controversial comments about high rise commissions.
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Scalia Breaks Rank On Search Powers In Gun Case
Justice Scalia writes the majority in a 6-3 ruling narrowing police ability to move items during a weapons search. The decision held moving stereo equipment to check serial numbers requires probable cause, despite a gunfire incident nearby. Dissenters O'Connor and Powell criticized the ruling as hindering law enforcement.
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Lewis F. Powell Jr
Rehnquist
O’connor
Arizona
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Powell
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London court allows extradition of 26 British soccer fans
A London court ruled sufficient evidence exists to extradite 26 British fans, mostly from Liverpool, to Belgium to face manslaughter charges for the 1985 Heysel stadium riot that killed 39. If the appeal fails, Home Secretary Douglas Hurd may approve extradition.
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Lost Matisse to Shown in National Gallery Exhibition
A 1919 Henri Matisse painting titled The Blue Velour Hat depicting his daughter Marguerite will go on view in the National Gallery of Art exhibition Henri Matisse The Early Years in Nice 1916 1930. The work, unseen since 1931 and once thought lost, was donated to the Norton Gallery of Art by Mr and Mrs Goodman and later lent to Washington for display. The exhibition ends March 29.
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Washington Post
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National Gallery of Art
Nice
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Norton Gallery of Art
West Palm Beach
Fla
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Matisse
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Soviet Textile Plant Manager Sentenced for Bribery
A Soviet court sentenced factory manager K Kushnarenko to death on corruption charges and Maria Trunina, head of quality control, to 11 years. They allegedly took about 210000 dollars in bribes from Uzbek cotton producers for substandard cotton or even air instead of cotton.
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Socialicheskaya Industria
K. Kushnarenko
Maria Trunina
Quality Control Department
Uzbekistan
Trmina
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