Word: attendant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Later, Luscomb recalled the drama that attended the 1919 passage of the amendment by Congress of the Federal Constitution that would have extended the right to vote to all Americans, regardless of sex. Three-quarters of the state legislatures had to ratify the amendment and time was running out. The women were anxious to ratify it by 1920--the year of a presidential election--but they had to win 36 states, and they had 35. Only five states hadn't voted, two did not hold a session that year, and two were in the far South and "very reactionary," Luscomb...
...rumors began when Radio Uganda announced that Amin would attend a celebration in the country's northwestern region; no further mention of the festivities was made in following days. The anti-Amin Kenya press reported that Amin had been ambushed by an assassination squad somewhere between Kampala and Entebbe. According to one Nairobi paper, the attempted coup was engineered by a Ugandan army major, but Amin had been tipped off and escaped with minor wounds. The alleged coup leaders were then said to have fled to Kenya...
...More than Americans spend to attend pro football, baseball, basketball and hockey combined...
Academy and community representatives have discussed the AAAS proposal at a series of meetings that Harvard officials did not attend because the University "thought it would be appropriate for the academy itself to take its idea to the community," Moulton said...
...Baptist. The new mission would have his "complete dedication," he said. Like other local families, the Carter clan is divided over what to do. So far the other Carters are sticking with the family church, and President Carter, who has officially transferred to a Washington church, is expected to attend Plains Baptist when he is in town...