Word: amendment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...murders-in-a-mansion variety, that he allowed himself no time for dialogue or business that rises above the mechanical. Such good performers as Madeline Kahn, Tim Curry, Eileen Brennan and Martin Mull are driven breathless and charmless trying to keep up with the plot's inane demands. To amend a phrase: Who cares who killed Mr. Boddy...
Seventeen percent of those interviewed said they were uncertain how they would vote on the housing issue. Although non-binding, the referendum calls upon the state to amend the city's rent control laws to prohibit future sales...
Since August, when Bullitt--a longtime smoker--died of lung cancer, his relatives have had to decide whether they would drop the case or amend it by becoming the new plantiffs...
Traficanti said the lawsuit could legally continue even though Bullitt has died, but to do so relatives would have to amend court records to assume responsibility for the case...
...modified version of a measure called Proposal 48. The rule, scheduled to take effect in August 1986, would require freshman athletes at the major sports schools to enter with SATs of 700 and a grade-point average of 2.0 in real courses. The presidents' commission is seeking to amend the standard to allow a player with grades over 2.0 to score under 700 on the SATs, and vice versa, to accommodate students who test poorly. Eight days later the board of governors of the University of North Carolina system called for a reform of special athletic admissions standards throughout...