Word: congressed
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...advocacy of the reconstitution of the 50 states into twelve political entities by the Center for Democratic Studies at Santa Barbara has an amicus curiae in the U.S. Constitution itself. Article IV, Section 3 says that the "junction of states" is not prohibited if approved by the Congress and the states concerned...
...congressman has written to the editors of the newspapers of every college of over 3000 students to find support for his efforts to prevent the elimination of youth fare. He said that all editorials would be published in the Congressional Record to bring the issue to the attention of Congress...
...called upon the Congress and the nation's young people to help him in his opposition to the decision...
...League knows, the U.S. push to build the SST is a self-perpetuating process: each year, more and more money has been poured into the project, and thrifty legislators are less and less willing to give up the whole idea. So what Shurcliffe now has to do is convince Congress that it's better to give up what's been invested than to throw away any more. To that end, he spends many pages trying to prove that the SST will be obsolete before it is built. His argument here probably got a boost when the Russians unveiled their prototype...
Shurcliffe winds up his book with a nearly-superfluous "Editorial comment," urging the U.S. to keep aviation from becoming "man's scourge." The plea has convinced the League's members and some 20 anti-boom groups across the country: the real question is whether it can convince Congress...