Word: equal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Preliminary analyses of applications to the Class of 1980 indicate that the ratio of female to male applicants has climbed under equal access admissions, but that minority applications may fall short of last year's total...
...campaign finance law-and the Supreme Court's careful weighing of its merits-were both attempts to grapple with two basic questions that have always plagued the political process in the U.S.: How can every political candidate, whatever his wealth or influence, get a fair and equal chance to run for office? And what role should the Government play in setting out-and enforcing-the ground rules...
...been "cleansed of all rebel elements." Algerian pride, still wounded by a Moroccan whipping in the 1963 border war, had been stung again. Should Boumedienne try to even the score, Algeria's army would be far from supply bases and pitted against a Moroccan force roughly its equal in size and skill. But Algeria's 3-to-1 advantage in air power could prove decisive in the Sahara's frigid, windswept wadies and salt flats, whose sparse vegetation creates ideal strafing ground...
Speaking before about 300 people, Bayh said, "What we really want is equal education opportunities for all and if this requires busing then busing must be kept...
...Americans following the action, the question will be why? Why can't a nation of more than 200 million people and great wealth produce Winter Olympic teams that are the equal of entries from Russia and the far smaller European nations? For one thing, winter sports are simply not as glamorous in the U.S. as in Europe. A successful skier here labors in obscurity, while in Europe he is often a national hero. What's more, in Europe amateurs do not exist. Topflight skiers quietly receive fat fees from equipment manufacturers. Where private enterprise stops, governments step...