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...veto override is a milestone in the national movement to pressure the South Africa government into discarding its in stitutionalized racism Massachusetts is the first state to enact such strict investments guidelines Connecticut and Michigan recently adopted less stringent divestment rules and may encourage other states to follow suit Sen. Jack Backman (D-Brookline), one of the original sponsors of the bill, noted recently that 15 other legislatures are considering similar measures, adding "I hope this is the beginning of a snow ball effect all over the country...
...didn't play a significant role in his veto. He acknowledge "the uncertainty as to the best course," and said that "given the importance of the moral issue and the strength of the conviction of the bill's proponents that isolation is the better way. I am prepared to enact, as a matter of policy, a divestment bill...
Social Issues. As a candidate, Reagan heartily endorsed the New Right's agenda of banning abortion and compulsory busing and reinstituting prayer in public schools. As President he has given that agenda no more than lip service, and so the ultraconservatives have been unable to enact a single measure...
Congress will begin debating the issue Wednesday, and must pass the bill by Friday, in order to enact the law this year If debate is not concluded by then, the bill must pass through the new Senate and Congress...
AMHERST--The Amherst campus of the University of Massachusetts (UMass) earlier this week enacted a formal procedure for handling sexual harassment cases, resulting from two years of students lobbying for the university to enact a concrete policy...