Word: abolishing
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...obsession with the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi and the "grievance industry" of treaty claims risked creating "a racially divided nation, with two sets of laws and two standards of citizenship." A National government, he declared, would insist on "one rule for all." It would end special treatment for Maori, abolish the Maori Development Ministry and the seven parliamentary seats reserved for Maori, purge laws of references to the treaty, wind up the treaty claims process as soon as possible - and return the foreshores to Crown ownership...
...shelters that netted the firm at least $124 million in fees. The committee's ranking member, Carl Levin, excoriated the firm's leaders in public, comments widely seen as forcing some of them to retire early. Hoping to regain momentum, the O.E.C.D. last month reached agreement with Switzerland to abolish two tax practices it had identified as harmful. It's a painstaking process with no quick results - and it could easily be derailed again. At last week's talks, finance officials from major Western countries took pains to support the idea of a level playing field in tax matters...
However, not all my colleagues support winter term, and that is why we are reevaluating it this year, as we have in the past. Later this spring, Middlebury’s faculty will vote on whether to retain or abolish winter term. The main objections from faculty and administrators are that the “extra preparation” causes “burn-out” for the spring semester; that 12 weeks is not enough time to cover a subject; and that some students have personal and social difficulties dealing with their “free time...
...test, in any incarnation, is simply another item for colleges to consider. The Ivies and other elite universities will continue to use an academic index, reject students with perfect SATs and accept whomever they want to achieve their ideal, perfectly diverse freshman class. Let's stop the charade; abolish the SAT. BILL TOUMEY Long Beach...
...League presidents decided to abolish athletic scholarships and spring practices. They also prohibited teams from competing in postseason football games. Harvard would never again have the chance to repeat its 1920 campaign, in which it went 9-0-1 and defeated Oregon 7-6 in the Rose Bowl for the last of its nine national titles...