Word: equal
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...gets prickly when pressed, and pressed again, to explain where his views and the President's differ. During his 1980 presidential candidacy, Bush, in contrast to Reagan, supported the Equal Rights Amendment and the right to abortions in certain cases. "I've answered my last question on abortion," he announced at a press conference last month. That night in Atlanta, however, an insistent group of reporters asked again. An exasperated Bush launched into a weird rant. "You guys are just a pack," he said. "You come zooming in on something. Just take what I said, take it literally...
...hampering their efforts by failing to take Italian extradition requests seriously. Rabb's previous impression had been exactly the reverse, that Italy had been stonewalling U.S. demands. "What we had here," he says, "was an opportunity to clear up differences where the blame for the past was about equal." U.S. and Italian authorities hope that the new extradition accord will serve as a model for agreements with other countries...
Lopata, whose primary field of study is the evolution of women's occupations, said that even traditionally low-status jobs-like cocktail waitressing-deserve more recognition. "In at least one dictionary of job occupations, women child care workers are defined with equal complexity as people who clean horse manure from stables," she added...
Left alone with the real Baron, Maria commends his manifest education. "I go to movies twice a week," the Baron responds. How to resist a gentleman's advances without offending, Maria asks the real Baron, presumably her equal. Responds Baron Manners: "Say, 'Not so impetuous, Baron. Not before supper, later.'" Left equally confused by the presents of the class which he has so suddenly affected, Gaston asks for romantic counsel as well. Once again, Baron Manners: "Tell her, 'You are the one to whom I belong body and soul,' and remember 'After supper, it is easier to discuss with...
...senior officials in Washington that the Sandinistas are not sincere in their acceptance of the draft Contadora accord. The proposed pact calls for, among other things, the adoption of "appropriate measures leading to ... participation of political parties in electoral processes," including freedom of assembly and speech, as well as equal access to the media. It also requires "electoral calendars that assure parties of participation under equal conditions." The Sandinistas concede that their maneuver was aimed at putting the U.S. on the diplomatic defensive. Sandinista Junta Coordinator Daniel Ortega Saavedra declared last week that "the United States has been saying...