Word: amends
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this year's edition charging the book had been censored and that its "objectivity and integrity" had been undermined (see story, page A-1). An administrator, they said, had told them the book's publication would be halted and the staff would lose their jobs if they did not amend 17 write ups, some of which described certain professors as "arrogant" and "condescending...
...direction as a mandate or even an opportunity to further amend the selection process," Steicker said...
...seats in the Knesset, Begin made several concessions. He forbade El Al flights on the Sabbath, losing an estimated $30 million a year, and pushed through a law limiting autopsies, which violate Orthodox beliefs. Begin also agreed to push the highly controversial "Who is a Jew?" legislation, which would amend Israeli law to ensure that the only converts granted citizenship are those who undergo Orthodox rites. Though the bill is not likely to pass, it has angered Jews around the world...
...appeal on national radio and television to all Sikhs to end their agitation. She outlined a framework for a settlement. "Let us sit around the table and find a solution," she pleaded. She had already agreed to most of the Sikh demands for religious autonomy and was willing to amend the constitution to distinguish Sikhs from Hindus. But Mrs. Gandhi felt that if she gave in to the Sikh demand for political autonomy, she would risk a Hindu backlash...
...make this change would require some effort on the part of the Council. The representatives would have to amend the bylaws, make the job a student position rather than a University one, and survey student office job salaries on campus. But the results would be well worth the trouble. It is both silly and extravagant for a single student to receive the Council's largest budget item...