Word: 27th
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fight. This week its leaders plan to call for a vote on a constitutional amendment, proposed by James Madison in 1789, barring Congress from giving itself midterm pay raises. Now that 38 states have ratified the proposal, Congress wants credit too. Constitutional scholars say the vote is meaningless; the 27th Amendment will be official as soon as national archivist Don W. Wilson declares that the states' paperwork is in order...
...whether this proposal, first ratified by Maryland in 1789, will finally become the 27th Amendment is still uncertain. Some experts question whether it is still valid after more than two centuries. In an odd twist, Congress itself may have to determine its validity. "We all know that the wheels of government often turn slowly," observes Republican State Senator Joseph Bubba, who sponsored the amendment in New Jersey. "But two centuries is too long to wait, even by government standards...
...criticisms of the April 27th staff editorial. Your ill-drawn conclusions and insinuations beg a response. By not even asking us why the SAA did not sign the letter and implying that we oppose Counter, The Crimson has disserviced its readers and insulted...
...lilac evening I walked with every muscle aching among the lights of 27th and Welton in the Denver colored section, wishing I were a Negro, feeling that the best the white world had offered was not enough ecstasy for me, not enough life, joy, kicks, darkness, music, not enough night. [The Black world offered] just old-fashioned spade kicks, what other kicks are there...
DeLone's win--her 27th of the season--secured the team victory after her teammates Kim Cooper, Eliza Parker and Agata Passent each scored straight victories over Eagle opponents...