Word: citizenships
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...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...
Still, last week's vote cannot be viewed as a clear victory for Hispanics. It's a step backwards for civil rights. One provision, which makes the employer verify (probably through some form of national I.D. card, eventually) a prospective employee's American citizenship, amounts to legalized discrimination against "immigrant-looking" (read: brown) people. Chicanos and Puerto Ricans, who already face an unemployment rate that is double the national average, will be the last to be considered by employers--who will have the excuse that they are "just following...
...woman distance runner. Until last week, though, the biggest challenge to Zola Budd's determined trek toward an Olympic gold medal seemed more political than athletic. In March, the native South African abruptly left her homeland, which is banned from the Olympics, and picked up a quickie British citizenship, thanks to her English-born grandfather. Eyebrows were raised, feathers were ruffled, backs were got up. Would her hop, skip and sidestep work? The British Olympic Association, after consulting with International Olympic Committee officials, ruled last week that she is eligible. All that now remains between Budd...
Several junior faculty members have developed theories about how to get tenure at Harvard. One says personal acquaintances are all-important--"The evaluation that they make is very superficial from an academic point of view." Others say that good "citizenship" in the department counts for something--helping out by doing administrative chores or teaching the large, unwieldy introductory courses...
Some feminists have noted the irony that the vice presidency is a sort of caricature of second-class citizenship. The office is, in fact, a parody of the subordination that women have endured in the past as wives and officeworkers. Again, the man would have all the power and responsibility, and the woman would sit around waiting for the phone to ring...