Word: amendment
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When Bush reached Congress two years later, he showed signs of reverting to type. He was concerned about family planning. In 1968, after trying to amend the civil rights bill on open housing, he voted for it, much to the disgust of his constituents. But Nixon won the nomination later that year and reasserted his mastery over Bush, holding out for a while a hope of the vice presidency (the first of Bush's lunges at an office others try to evade). When Prescott Bush advised his son against running for the Senate in 1970, Nixon urged him on, financing...
...that the humanities do not arouse passions at Stanford. A battle erupted % two years ago when several faculty members proposed to amend the required freshman reading list of 15 classics in order to include works by minority and female authors. The issue escalated into a national debate when Education Secretary William Bennett jumped into the fray to accuse the reformers of "trashing Plato and Shakespeare." Six weeks ago, in a deft compromise, Stanford's faculty senate voted to pare the required list to six classics plus at least one non-European work chosen by the individual professor with "substantial attention...
...other schools over a question that could set new directions for American higher education. The issue: Should students be required to read a fixed core of works on Western civilization, and, if so, what should be in it? The heart of the dispute at Stanford has been whether to amend or remove from the university's freshman Western culture courses a roster of 15 prescribed classics. Many scholars regard those works, ranging from Homer and Dante to Darwin and Freud, as part of a sacred canon. But revisionists, including many blacks, Hispanics and women, want to build a new, theme...
...policy, which was designed by Interim University President Robbin Fleming, will go into effect at the beginning of May. During April, the Board will accept recommendations from students, alumni, or national groups who wish to amend the policy...
...woman to be Governor," testified Eighth Grader Justin Prahar, 13. "I feel it is essential that this be changed before someone decides to use it for political reasons." The lawmakers promptly voted to eliminate the ban against women. If passed by both the house and senate, a resolution to amend the constitution accordingly will appear on the November ballot...