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...little closer every year," Countryman said. "Forty petitions [to abolish the Committee] were introduced by members last session, and we hope to have more support this time. But whether we'll succeed or but I don't know...
...conceivable law-enforcement program can curb its availability." But American conservatives may have arched their eyebrows well above the hairline when they glimpsed the latest issue of William F. Buckley Jr.'s staunchly nonpermissive National Review. There on the cover was the headline: THE TIME HAS COME: ABOLISH THE POT LAWS. Inside, Richard C. Cowan, a charter member of the conservative Young Americans for Freedom, sets forth his arguments that the criminal penalties for marijuana possession and use should be stricken from the books. Cowan contends that pot is comparatively harmless, demonstrably ubiquitous and that the laws against...
...that grading of often capriccios-and, what is worse, it is usually too lax-but nonetheless it is better than alternate methods. All of us have times when we are laxier than usual, but rather than defending our indolence, we should try to eliminate it. Those who aim to abolish grades only encourage the weaknesses which grades can help to eliminate. For those who protest that they have no interest in outstanding academic achievement but would rather be well-grounded, which is to say moderately good at all things, it is important to receive moderately good grades rather than outstanding...
...Legislature voted earlier this year to abolish PR, even though Cambridge is the only city in the Commonwealth that uses it. Mahoney attached an ammendment to the bill that would have allowed Cambridge to vote on the issue directly. But the matter became academic when the courts ruled the statute unconstitutional...
...encouragement to the states to abolish exclusionary zoning laws...