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That change is particularly striking given the relative newness of the gay movement: it is hard to trace significant activity back much further than the 1950s, whereas the civil rights movements for blacks and women took shape in the 19th century and needed far longer to attain their basic goals. The rapid pace of change for gays owes much to the trails blazed by blacks and women, and the success of those groups gives gays hope that in a generation or so they will have attained full acceptance as just another piece fitting into the mosaic of national life...
Gabay's decision came after a vote on a similar motion from the floor to invalidate failed to attain the two thirds majority necessary to pass...
Menchu likened the indignities suffered by indigenous people to those faced by women, who "have yet to attain the understanding of the world's inhabitants...
Book-burning and suppression of speech are artifacts of a less civilized world. There is no reason for America to undo the progress it has made in striving to attain its principles of liberty...
...amendment proposed by Melissa Garza '94 notto spend funds to influence the outcome of thereferendum failed to attain the two-thirds votenecessary to receive consideration by the council...