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The complaint, submitted to the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD), hinges on the question of whether the clubs are public enough to fall under state anti-discrimination laws. MCAD has not yet ruled, whether it has jurisdiction over the case.

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Fly Club's Privateness Questioned | 11/4/1988 | See Source »

"The question is nonbinding, meaning that it only tries to discern public opinion on the issue and that representatives are not required to take any action on the outcome," said Philip Griffiths, assistant director of the Cambridge Election Commission.

Author: By Sean P. Mclaughlin, | Title: Congress Members Lead Opposition to Question 5 | 11/1/1988 | See Source »

The passage last month of a $1 billion-plus AIDS bill has given a vital boost to research, testing, education and home health care for that incurable disease. But Ronald Reagan has refused to use his Executive power or persuasive skills to fight discrimination against AIDS victims, even though the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health Care: Beyond Bromides | 10/31/1988 | See Source »

Only recently, that attitude has begun to change. The Department of Energy in 1977 took over responsibility for the nuclear weapons network, which had long been overseen by the now defunct Atomic Energy Commission, and finally < seems bent on reform. Information about the weapons-production system has emerged that only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: They Lied to Us | 10/31/1988 | See Source »

The strange happenings at Fernald illustrate the baffling ways officials, private or public, involved in the mismanagement seem able to escape legal and financial liability for their actions. Records released last month show that when the operation began in 1953, the Atomic Energy Commission told the contractor, National Lead of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: They Lied to Us | 10/31/1988 | See Source »

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