Word: 27th
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Only three more state legislatures must join the 35 that have already approved the measure for the ERA to achieve ratification by three-quarters of the states necessary to make it the 27th Amendment to the Constitution. But after a series of stunning defeats earlier this year, in Florida, Illinois, Nevada and North Carolina, pro-ERA forces have been in a race against the calendar: when Congress originally passed the ERA in 1972, it stipulated that the states must approve it within seven years, by March...
...time Ed Sheehan crossed the finish line first for the Crimson in 27th place, the only spectator left was the old guy who sells re-washed golf balls on the ninth hole of the Van Cortland public golf course...
Robert K. Dornan, U.S. Representative 27th District, Calif. Washington...
...Despite a promising start (in which 33 states ratified the amendment within three years after it was passed by the U.S. Senate in 1972), just two states-North Dakota and Indiana-have approved the amendment since February 1975. Only 38 are needed to make the ERA the 27th Amendment to the Constitution. But strong opposition exists in the remaining 15 states, and less than two years remains until March 22, 1979-the end of the seven years allowed for ratification by three-quarters of the states...
This report is based on two official visits by the Committee to the Graduate School of Design: on May 27th and 28th, 1975, and on April 16th, 1976. In addition, individual members of the Committee have visited the School of many separate occasions...