Word: breedings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Heritage Foundation, Washington. The foremost of the new breed of advocacy tanks...
...ethnic activists and civil rights groups opposing Proposition 63 believe that arguments about the need for national unity are a thin veil for a nativist, xenophobic crusade. "We oppose it because it would breed intolerance, divisiveness and bigotry," says Jessica Fiske of the American Civil Liberties Union. Opponents fear that because of its loose wording, the measure could open the way for legislation that would endanger bilingual ballots, educational programs, emergency services and television programming, all of which aid immigrants, especially the elderly, to adjust to an English-speaking soci- ety. It could also, warns Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley...
...LAST OF THE BREED, L'Amour...
...result of such attacks, numerous U.S. cities have tried to outlaw the breed. Most laws banning the pit bull get thrown out in court. Judges usually find that because the term pit bull means any one of three breeds, as well as crosses with these breeds, it is difficult to define legally. A more successful technique for protecting the public may be to pass ordinances making owners of any dog responsible for harm inflicted by their pets...
Even John Wayne made a picture in modern dress every once in a while. Louis L'Amour, western man, has followed the Duke's example. In his 95th novel, Last of the Breed, he focuses on Joseph Makatozi, a major in the U.S. Air Force. But Joe is not quite the contemporary he seems. Sioux and Cheyenne blood flows in his arteries ("My people were warriors once"), and when his experimental aircraft is forced down over the Bering Sea, he becomes a Native American fugitive in a 20th century world, retracing the path his ancestors took across the strait...