Word: amendment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Herrmann said that he proposed sending the letter because of a "widespread misconception" among faculty and students that CHUL may amend the Dowling plan after students vote...
...addition, the White House will ask Congress to amend the Clean Air Act so that cars sold in areas at normal altitude will not have to meet the extra emission standards set for places at high altitude like Denver. That requirement, which would have gone into effect on 1984 models, would increase the cost of every car by an estimated $100 to $150. Quips Keith Grain, publisher of Automotive News: "It's already got to the point where if a guy goes out to his garage, closes the door and turns on the engine to commit suicide...
Indeed, any explanation at all can smack of the pat. The consequence of lives like John Hinckley Jr.'s may be to amend a patriotic platitude. Perhaps not every little boy can grow up to be President, but he can, for the price of a pistol, grow up to be a presidential assassin...
...Collegiate competition differs from other regattas in many ways--the races are shorter, the water is in a confined area, the wind is shiftier, and there is a greater emphasis on strategy and tactics--and the fact that Keane can easily move from boat to boat, as well as amend his style and still win, is a tribute to his superior skills...
...that the Soviets encouraged Libya's Muammar Gaddafi in his recent annexation of the central African nation of Chad. Libya has long been a conduit for Soviet arms to the Palestine Liberation Organization, as well as revolutionary groups in the Philippines, Chile and Turkey. Congress should repeal or amend legislation that limits the ability of the CIA to conduct clandestine operations abroad...