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Word: allowable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Carter was also moving toward more openness on the domestic scene. He proposed a series of election reforms that would include more Americans in the political process. One would abolish the electoral college and have the President elected directly by the people (see box). Another would allow all qualified Americans, even if unregistered, to vote in federal elections simply by going to their polling places and showing proof of identity and place of residence. This probably would increase voting by poor whites, as well as by blacks and Hispanics. (In Minnesota and Wisconsin, which already have simplified registration laws, voter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WHITE HOUSE: Why Is Jimmy Smiling? Why Not? | 4/4/1977 | See Source »

...People should be very careful when they give birth," she said. "They should be willing to allow their child its own heritage--allow it the freedom to cultivate its artistic gifts...

Author: By Judith E. Matloff, | Title: Visiting Artist Louise Nevelson Discusses Sculpture And Life | 4/1/1977 | See Source »

...said adoption of the committee's proposals would eliminate waste and inefficiency, speed up trials, and allow long-range budget planning...

Author: By J. WYATT Emmerich, | Title: Cox Reveals New Plans For Courts | 3/31/1977 | See Source »

...allow women 45 minutes to eat dinner together is not an act of discrimination against men but is acknowledgement of a discriminatory status quo which can be altered only through positive action. Mather House men would have suffered negligible inconvenience by being asked to eat next door at Dunster House for 45 minutes; but more important, 'reverse discrimination' is not an acceptable argument except in a community where all inequities among sexual and national groups have been eliminated. At Harvard this is clearly not the case...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Togetherness | 3/31/1977 | See Source »

Wyatt said the use of the imprinting machines, which resemble those used to register credit-card purchases, would allow the University to keep an exact record of the number of students who had used invalid cards to gain admission to dining halls...

Author: By Angela M. Belgrove, | Title: Food Services Examine Bursar's Cards to Catch Freeloaders Not on Board | 3/30/1977 | See Source »

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