Word: abolish
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...willing to tolerate this dynamic tension between pluralism and unanimity when it comes to religion in education. Private schools with a religious focus are under pressure to abolish rules concerning the religious beliefs of the faculty they hire and the doctrinal content of their curricula...
...Thomas Jefferson wrote: "all men...are endowed...with certain inalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness." More importantly, he added: "That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it." Right on, Tom. And, as we know, the pernicious fiscal abuse by Britain clearly justified the American colonies' revolution...
...still rounds up the usual scapegoats--Superintendent Lois Harrison-Jones, for example, whose job he'd like to abolish someday. But the responsibility is ultimately on Flynn's head...
WHEN HE FIRST DREW UP A PROPOSAL TO REFORM Panama's constitution and officially abolish the military, President Guillermo Endara assumed his countrymen would agree that a final break with ousted dictator General Manuel Antonio Noriega's discredited regime was in order. To his surprise, Endara found that Panamanians wanted a break from him. In a referendum, the first national vote since U.S. troops deposed Noriega and installed Endara three years ago, 63.5% of Panamanian voters said no to the package of 58 complicated items in a simple yes or no vote. The vote was tantamount to a rejection...
Shorris' aversion to the word "Hispanic" stems from his belief that it is often employed by social climbers, power seekers, Republicans and kings. In other words, the elitism which he feels the word connotes provides enough reason to abolish...