Word: amendment
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Israeli armed forces" from occupied territories and a recognition of the right of "every state in the area" to "live in peace with secure boundaries." But they refer to the Palestinians only indirectly, as "the refugee problem." The P.L.O., backed by Syria and most Arab states, will try to amend the resolutions so they explicitly recognize the rights of the Palestinians to self-determination, independence and national sovereignty...
...former president of the University of Chicago. Both are Jewish, which might or might not still be a barrier to the presidency. Kissinger, despite his current troubles with Congress, remains one of the most admired men in the nation; but like Jones of GE, he is disqualified (unless we amend the Constitution) by his foreign birth...
ONLY THE FACULTY can amend the Resolution and the CRR's charter. The Faculty did make some changes in the CRR in 1972 in response to a student proposal, and there are members of the Faculty willing to support CRR reform. On the other hand, Faculty members are apathetic toward the CRR: they're tired of it, and don't look forward to discussing yet another CRR amendment...
...that would guarantee $4 billion in loans to New York and put the city, until it balances its budget, under the control of a three-member federal board headed by conservative Treasury Secretary William Simon. More to the point, the House and Senate are expected to act quickly to amend federal bankruptcy laws along the lines suggested by Ford...
...major goal of gay activists now is a federal law prohibiting discrimination. Democratic Representative Bella Abzug of New York introduced a bill last March to amend the 1964 Civil Rights Act by adding "affectional or sexual preference" to the proscriptions against discriminating because of race, religion or sex. The bill has 23 co-sponsors but is not given any serious chance of passage during the current Congress...