Word: corrections
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Calling it politically correct insults the effort that went into legislation that we are discussing here," Cyr said...
Walsh countered with charges that the progressive majority was acting "politically correct" by awarding rights to gay couples but not other domestic partnerships...
...People feel that anything that is politically correct gets adopted quickly," said Walsh, who added that by approving special legislation for gay couples the council was ignoring the rights of other groups who were "just as much of non-traditional family...
...anthropocentrically called pest control, is rethinking its philosophy and strategy. The mosquitoes are the same, crafty and cunning as ever. But the weapons and tactics used to combat them are changing fast. Chemicals are out; biologicals are in. Dumping poisons indiscriminately is no longer in vogue; figuring out ecologically correct ways to get mosquitoes to do themselves in is all the rage. "The era of insecticides is coming to an end," says Donald Barnard, the Mosquito Unit's chief. "They're still our first line of defense. But the bugs adapt very quickly to whatever we throw at them...
...program either by referral from a hospital, community center or probation office or, like Smalley, by word of mouth from a friend. Thomas J. Henry, 47, the program's director, says that many young fathers just need help cutting through the bureaucracy: filling out forms, standing in the correct lines for public assistance and dealing with unresponsive bureaucrats. "This system encourages fathers not to be there," he says. "You have many fathers declared absent when they are actually present. People think they're just making babies and don't have any feelings attached to that act. Everyone says, 'We want...