Word: burdens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rights." In the case of a negative check-off, I beg to differ--I find it in principle oppressive for a majority to require a specific response on the part of a minority in the name of free choice when the same result can be reached without imposing this burden...
...labeled pedantic or trivial; in any case, a simple solution would be to push for a positive check-off status. I would eagerly support such a drive, and may even elect to pay the due. If, on the other hand, free choice is not the sole issue, then the burden rests with the proponents of PIRG to show cause as to why they favor imposing a burden, however slight, and even on a hypothetical minority, who elect not to support the organization...
Dorris Holmes, Georgia delegate and state strategist for ERA, warned that it would be harder to pass the amendment in conservative states if it is associated with the lesbian cause. "Lesbianism has been an albatross on the whole movement since the last century. It is an extra burden we do not need." Nonetheless, the plank was approved by nearly as large a majority as the other resolutions. Lesbians in the galleries roared their approval: "Thank you, sisters!" Pink and yellow balloons were released with the message WE ARE EVERYWHERE. The Mississippi delegation, which included six men, who had been elected...
...comedy to keep everything in perspective. It is a very funny play, and it was a very funny year. And like Tim, Stan, Marcie, JC, Sue, Maggi and Jock, you can take some time to look in the mirror and laugh at yourself and say, "Sanity is such a burden...
Before the younger people start screaming about higher Social Security taxes, let me remind them that there is only one other alternative for most people, and that is to support their own parents in their old age. Then they will have to pass this burden on to their own children. The Social Security generation is the only one in civilization's history that has not had to shoulder this burden...