Word: acted
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...Tough Act. With the session drawing to a close, the 90th Congress could be faulted for having broken little fresh ground in the areas of social and ban reform. Nonetheless the 90th did have a tough act to follow. The 89th had all but swept the legislative agenda clean-its successor, with 50 more Republicans in its ranks as a result of the 1966 elections, was billed as the "stop, look and listen" Congress. Despite its determination to consolidate past gains, the 90th could boast some triumphs of its own. The pluses...
...Consumer measures forced states to conform to higher national poultry-inspection standards, initiated government studies of auto insurance and required lenders, in the heralded Truth-in-Lending Act, to provide useful information on the cost of credit purchases...
...adjournment approached, the weary Congress still faced the possibility that the President might try to push through the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and offer a new nominee for Chief Justice of the U.S. in place of scorned Abe Fortas. Johnson decided against submitting another nomination, but insisted that Congress act on the nuclear treaty before adjournment. The Senate, as it has frequently done during the session, ignored the President and pushed for adjournment. The House, however, was prevented from following suit by a group of liberal Democrats who hoped to keep both chambers in session until the TV-debates bill...
...Catonsville Nine did, however, use some highly unusual arguments. They contended that "some property has no right to exist," namely the draft files, because they were instruments of an illegal war. They argued that they had broken one law in order to halt what they believed was a greater act of outlawry. But Chief Judge Roszel C. Thomsen underlined the distinction between the pacifists' motives and their admitted intent to commit the crime of destroying government property and interfering with the administration of the Selective Service system. It was of no legal significance, Thomsen told the jury "that...
...Boston Gynecologist John Rock, despite his Roman Catholic faith, put his name to a birth-control petition nearly 40 years ago. This modest act was dictated by conscience rather than defiance. With Dr. Gregory Pincus and Dr. M. C. Chang, Rock went on to develop the Pill, the first really effective contraceptive device. As Pope Paul VIs encyclical made clear last summer, the Catholic hierarchy is not yet prepared to abandon a position that it has maintained for 1,770 years. When it does, John Rock's courage and example will have played a significant part in this profound...