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...although it may help open the doors of professional schools etc., it has been used to attack protective laws and benefits that working class women fought long and hard to win. The ERA is worded very vaguely, "Equality of rights under law shall not be denied or abridged... on account of sex" and in every case we know of it has been used to cut out protective legislation, never to extend those benefits to men. Equal access to law school for a few, while a good thing, should not be at the expense of the millions of working women...
Reported in The Seattle Times paper, Kilbridge's comments suggest that faculty members "generally stop learning at the age of 35." Kilbridge calls the story inaccurate, but two members of his audience in Washington have basically corroborated the account...
Meanwhile, the State Department statement does not account for the leaks of all conversations contained in Sheehan's article. Eagleburger said any reports used by Sheehan about conversations with Middle Eastern leaders involving President Ford and President Nixon did not come from the State Department...
...persuasive story, and almost every reviewer praised Speer for his contrition and basic decency. Unfortunately, the story didn't bear up too well under closer scrutiny. Speer's account diverged sharply from the facts in several places and from believability at others--the accolades of many critics notwithstanding. Speer was in fact a dedicated Nazi, who had joined Himmler's Storm Troopers in 1931 and the S.S. a year later. He never opposed such things as the Scorched Earth Policy on moral grounds; his main concern was that all that fine machinery be preserved. Though it receives little attention...
...first, that seems like a rash statement, taking into account New Hampshire's record and thinking back to a Crimson victory over Brown and a tie with Cornell. But Brown has won 11 straight since a mid-season slump, and Lynah Rink is the last place the team wants to play in after its reception last month...