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1996 South Dakota Corn Performance Trials, R. G. Hall

Agricultural Experiment Station Circulars (1920-1915)

This report evaluates the performance of entries in the 1996 South Dakota corn hybrid performance trials. Information includes (1) 1996 and 1995-96 grain yields in bushels per acre and (2) 1996 test weight, moisture percentages of shelled corn at harvest, final plant populations per acre, and stalk lodging percentages. The trials were conducted by the Plant Science Department Crop Performance Testing (CPT) Program.

Creating Local Competition, Joseph Farrell

Federal Communications Law Journal

The Telecommunications Act mandates the opening of local telephone markets to competition. The transition from a noncompetitive market to a competitive market promises to be a difficult journey with many pitfalls to be avoided. This speech expounds upon some of the economic principles that must guide the FCC in implementing the transition, particularly discussing the problem of achieving the goal of universal service in a competitive environment.

This speech was originally presented May 15, 1996 before an open audience at the Federal Communications Commission.

Editor's Note, Randall W. Sifers

Federal Communications Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Reconsidering Retransmission Consent: An Examination Of The Retransmission Consent Provision (47 U.S.C. § 325(B)) Of The 1992 Cable Act, Charles Lubinsky

Federal Communications Law Journal

This article examines the legislative and economic history of the retransmission consent provision in the 1992 Cable Act. Retransmission consent provisions in the 1992 Cable Act allow broadcasters to enter into negotiations with cable operators regarding retransmission of their broadcast signal. The 1992 Cable Act requires broadcasters to choose between retransmission consent and must-carry provisions every three years. The first election period ended in October 1996 and a new election period begins January 1, 1997. Retransmission consent has had a noticeable effect on the evolution of cable television broadcasting, although it is arguably unclear whether retransmission consent has addressed the …

Hostile Tender Offers For Companies Holding Licenses Issued By The Federal Communications Commission, Stephen F. Sewell

Federal Communications Law Journal

When a tender offer to acquire a company is made, those making the tender offer will have to overcome a number of regulatory hurdles. The number of hurdles multiply, however, when the offer is hostile and the target company holds licenses issued by the FCC. The article sketches the FCC's response to hostile tender offers for companies holding FCC licenses, specifically discussing the Commission's adoption of procedures in 1985 to address hostile tender offers. While these provisions provided needed clarification, the authority of the FCC to implement these provisions and the effectiveness of them as a matter of policy have …

Masthead Vol.49 No.1 (1996)

Federal Communications Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The Telecommunications Act Of 1996, Thomas G. Krattenmaker

Federal Communications Law Journal

The author discusses the primary motivating factors behind the 1996 Telecommunications Act, examines how these factors influenced the final law, and critiques the Act by examining whether it is likely to advance public interest goals. Congress designed the Act to address two problems: "technological convergence" and "legal balkanization." The Act attempts to remedy these problems by: (1) tearing down entry barriers so that legal balkanization no longer stands in the path of technological convergence; (2) changing the mandate of the FCC from deciding who should enter the market to monitoring the conditions under which entry takes place in order to …

A Study Of Fraud In African-American Civil War Pensions : Augustus Parlett Lloyd, Pension Attorney, 1882-1909, Carrie Kiewitt

Master's Theses

This work examines fraud in the United States Civil War Military Pension system from 1882-1909 by showing how one attorney, Augustus Parlett Lloyd, defrauded the government on numerous occasions without ever being punished. Research for this work was conducted by studying a group of seventy-three African-American veterans who relied on Lloyd to assist in the application process and by using federal pension records, the manuscript census records, vital statistics, records of the federal Pension Bureau, and several secondary works to explore how Lloyd related to his clients, his associates and the Pension Bureau. This study concludes that Lloyd, the most …

The Silver Bullet Hypothesis : Case Studies Of Post-Webster Virginia Gubernatorial Elections, Anne M. Morgan

Master's Theses

The 1989 Webster vs. Reproductive Health Services U.S. Supreme Court decision triggered a "new politics of abortion," marked by a shift in venue of the abortion political debate to the states and by invigorated mobilization of pro-choice activists alarmed about a potential erosion of abortion rights in state laws. Surfacing in the wake of the decision was a "silver bullet" theory of abortion: that unrestricted support for legal abortion guarantees a candidate's electoral victory. Case studies of two post-Webster gubernatorial elections in Virginia fail to confirm the validity of the silver bullet theory. Public opinion findings reveal that the electorate …

Revenue And Taxation Taxation Of Intangibles: Modify The Manner Of Calculating The State Occupancy Tax On Depository Financial Institutions; Provide Definitions Applicable To Taxation Of Financial Institutions And Intangible Personal Property Tax; Modify Carry-Over Of Unused Credits With Respect To Income Taxation Of Corporations, Kean J. Decarlo

Georgia State University Law Review

This Act provides a basis for the proper taxation of financial institutions conducting business within the state. The Act allows the state to tax a financial institution's percentage of business conducted within the state. The Act eliminates the requirement that the financial institution be domiciled in the state in order to be properly taxed. The Act also requires a report from the state revenue commissioner to ensure that the resulting taxation changes under this Act are revenue-neutral.

Table Of Georgia Code Sections Affected, Georgia State University Law Review

Georgia State University Law Review

This lists the code sections affected by Acts for which the Georgia State University Law Review published a Peach Sheet in November 1996.

Association Between Counselors' Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Preferences And Self-Reported Level Of Directiveness In Counseling, William Frank Tayon

Theses

This study examined if there is any relationship between a counselor's personality, as measured by the Myers-Briggs Type indicator (MBTI), and the counselor's self-reported overall level of directiveness in counseling. A random sample of one-third of all of the Licensed Professional Counselors in the state of Missouri (N = 440) were mailed a 2 packet containing the MBTI Form G, a demographic form, and a Likert-type scale to indicate overall level of directiveness in counseling. For the 226 counselors who responded (51.4%), it was found that there was no relationship between level of directiveness and gender, years in practice, Extraversion/Introversion …

Review Of "Under The Feet Of Jesus" By H. M. Viramontes, John J. Hassett

Spanish Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Review Of "Paula" By I. Allende, John J. Hassett

Spanish Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Agricultural Law: A Selected Bibliography, October 1992-December 1995, Sally J. Kelley, Rana Balakrishnan, Stephanie Brodacz, Meg Mahoney Terrebonne

Missouri Law Review

The following bibliography was compiled to assist lawyers and scholars in researching agricultural law topics.

Double-Barreled Prosecution: Linking Multiple Section 924(C) Violations To A Single Predicate Offense, Christopher L. Robbins

Vanderbilt Law Review

Violent crime involving the use of firearms has risen dramatically during the past few decades. Recent congressional efforts to address this problem have focused almost exclusively on gun control as the appropriate solution, leading to the imposition of waiting periods for the purchase of firearms and complete bans on the production of certain assault weapons. Attempting to remove firearms from the hands of criminals, however, is not an exclusive remedy.

One of the natural companion measures to gun control is the imposition of severe sentences for the use of firearms during the commission of violent felonies. Congress adopted this approach …

Remembering Judge Elbert P. Tuttle Sr. , Charles M. Elson

Cornell Law Review

No abstract provided.

Categories And Culture: On The Rectification Of Names In Comparative Law , Janet E. Ainsworth

Cornell Law Review

No abstract provided.

Developments In The State Regulation Of Major And Minor Political Parties , Benjamin D. Black

Cornell Law Review

No abstract provided.

Relevance Ratio: Evaluating The Probative Value Of Expert Testimony In Child Sexual Abuse Cases , Thomas D. Lyon, Jonathan J. Koehler

Cornell Law Review

No abstract provided.

As American As Parenthood And The Apple Pie: Neutered Mothers Breadwinning Fathers And Welfare Rhetoric , Linda J. Lacey

Cornell Law Review

No abstract provided.

Articles, North Carolina Law Review

North Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

Sfra Review, November/December 1996, Science Fiction Research Association

SFRA Newsletter (Science Fiction Research Association)

The November/December 1996 issue of the SFRA Review.

A Return To Written Consent: A Proposal To The Fcc To Eliminate Slamming, Nicole C. Daniel

Federal Communications Law Journal

The FCC is charged with the task of encouraging competition in the telecommunications industry, yet it must also assure that competition remains free and fair to consumers. Various long-distance providers are taking advantage of their deregulated freedom by engaging in "slamming." The author proposes a more effective form of consumer protection through the return of a short-lived FCC rule which required written customer authorization before the customer's long-distance service could be switched.

Law Library Briefs, Vol. 8, No. 3 (November, 1996), William & Mary Law Library

Library Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Lawyer - Fall 1996, Seattle University School Of Law

Lawyer

• Capping Two Decades of Growth & Progress, A Warm and Hearty Greeting from Law Students Highlights this Tribute to President Sullivan
• Dean Jim Bond Describes a Moment Rich in the Promise of Opportunity…
• “Best Prepared & Most Tenacious” Litigator, Entertainment Attorney Joe Schleimer ‘86

Seyyed Hossein Nasr And Ziauddin_Sardar On Islam And Science: Marginalisation Or Modernization Of A Religious Tradition, Leif Stenberg

Faculty & Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Vytis, Volume 82, Issue 9 (November 1996), Knights Of Lithuania

Vytis: The Newsletter of the Knights of Lithuania

Newsletter of the Knights of Lithuania national organization (United States); digitized and made available with the permission of the organization. Content may be protected by copyright.

We Could Shape It: Organizing For Asian Pacific American Student Empowerment, Peter Nien-Chu Kiang

Institute for Asian American Studies Publications

With the doubling of the school-age population of Asian Pacific Americans during the 1990s, the unmet needs of Asian Pacific Americans are escalating dramatically in schools throughout the country. In most settings, teachers, counselors, and administrators do not share the ethnic, linguistic, and racial backgrounds of their Asian Pacific American students. Constrained by limited resources, an increasingly hostile, anti-immigrant climate, and their own stereotypical assumptions, educators have been unable to respond effectively to the full range of academic, social, and personal challenges that face growing numbers of Asian Pacific American students.

Roman Slave Law: An Anglo-American Perspective, Alan Watson

Cardozo Law Review

The most influential secular system of law in the West has been Roman private law. This is true even of its slave law, which was received not only in states of Europe where slavery survived, but also in European colonies in America, whether those of Spain, Portugal, France, or the Dutch West India Company. Though slavery had died out in France and the Dutch Republic, when slavery appeared in the colonies, recourse was had above all to Roman law.