Word: acceptance
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...after the U.S. Supreme Court decided in 1984 that states could force the Jaycees to admit women, three of the biggest clubs -- Rotary, Lions, Kiwanis -- stuck to their bans on female membership. But since the high court ruled on May 4 that states can also compel Rotary clubs to accept women, the walls of discrimination have been crumbling...
...Department's Sigur reported finding an emerging consensus. Sigur recounted last week that during his visit, "I had the sense from everyone, including the President, that changes had to come." In any case, Roh was evidently confident enough to close his speech by vowing that if Chun did not accept his recommendations, he would resign from all his political positions...
...Wednesday afternoon Bork was summoned to the White House. He arrived rumpled and perspiring heavily after a ride through Washington's tropical heat in a car that lacked air-conditioning, but nothing could wilt his readiness to accept the President's offer. "I've thought about it for at least ten or twelve seconds, and I would be highly honored," was Bork's reply. After an awkward pause Reagan inquired, "Does that mean...
...scientific creation. On the D.C. federal appeals bench, however, he has written some opinions strongly upholding free-speech rights. He supported the press in a much cited 1984 libel suit against Syndicated Columnists Rowland Evans and Robert Novak, proposing that "those who place themselves in a political arena must accept a degree of derogation that others need not." Says Libel Lawyer Bruce Sanford: "There hasn't been an opinion more favorable to the press in a decade...
After weeks of earnest prodding from the Vatican, the Rev. Billy Graham has decided to accept an invitation for a joint September speaking appearance with Pope John Paul II in Columbia, S.C. The meeting, which will be attended by two dozen other ecumenical leaders, will mark the first time that Graham, the world's best-known Protestant, has preached alongside a Pope. It will also be John Paul's first important acknowledgment of the evangelical movement. Some conservative Protestants who are hostile to Roman Catholicism urged Graham to stay away; indeed, the president of Graham's denomination, the Southern Baptist...