Word: closers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...candidacy would lead to huge gains among female officeholders were hoping for too much. Says Kathy Wilson, head of the National Women's Political Caucus: "It's hard to unseat an incumbent at any price and any gender." Still, Ferraro's high visibility helped carry some women's issues closer to the political mainstream, including increases in the federal funding of day-care facilities and reforms eliminating sexual discrimination in pension benefits. Another part of her legacy may be the increased participation of women in the upper echelons of the Democratic Party...
...tantamount to making constitutional a cynical and callous assessment of the status of a fellow citizen. The proposed mens rea standard (already accepted in certain states) seems ambiguous at best. The question of intent or motivation, separate from the crucial one of illness, is thorny and puts us closer to equating illness with "evil." In any case, restricting a legal rule will hardly deter the actions of those who would normally use it. The convicted ill would only become mistreated, untreated prisoners. The small numbers and type of accused, it seems, must force the debate into less charted ground...
...Well, what I'll do is is start quietly leaking the problems you guys are having down there. I'll low-key it, but make sure they come snooping around, maybes tell'em to look a little closer at your athletic program. By the way, I don't think I ever told you that I thought that was a great speech you gave a few years back to your alumni Really told'em off about sports. If you and Ryan can keep your teams losing for the next ten years, we'll be golden...
...images. At the start of a typical rally, tiny American flags were passed out, hundreds of balloons were pinned under nets waiting for the "go" signal, and a local band played patriotic tunes. If advancemen feared the turnout would be small, the platform for TV crews was moved closer to the main stage so that the evening news would depict a jammed crowd. When polls revealed surprising strength among the young, schedulers quickly planned more campus events. "It fits the theme," explained Deaver. "Optimism, youth, opportunity. All positive...
...Lebanon question. The most we can wish for is to make the best of a bad job." Israeli Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin offered that bleak but accurate observation last week amid small, conflicting signs that the eventual withdrawal of 22,000 Israeli troops from southern Lebanon may be growing closer. At the United Nations, it was announced that Israeli and Lebanese military delegations will hold their first meeting this week to discuss the pullout. In Jerusalem, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Richard Murphy, met with Prime Minister Shimon Peres and other leaders...