Word: civility
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...official. No other volunteers, except a cub-scout pack considered too young to be on the roads, had been turned down for the highway-cleanup project. Rockey Chapman, head of the klavern, admitted he wanted "that sign to advertise my group." He asked the state branch of the American Civil Liberties Union to sue for a reversal of the rejection. The A.C.L.U. was expected to do so on the ground that the KKK was the victim of discrimination based on its "political philosophy...
This really is the people's victory. We are going to herald this as a major step forward in the civil rights movement...
...David LaFontaine, lobbying director for the Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights, after the proposed Massachusetts gay civil rights bill aimed at ending discrimination in housing, credit and employment cleared final hurdles in the state Senate...
...cannot exist 'half slave, half free' in women's rights," Yard said. "One hundred and thirty years ago we fought a civil war because this country could not exist 'half-slave half-free.' Once again, America is embattled...
...Minister Hun Sen is a communist and push for a democratic government, but it should not do so against the wishes of the Cambodian people. Vietnam freed Cambodia from an oppresive and inhumane regime. Although many Cambodians still do not trust the Vietnamese, they would like to avoid a civil...