Word: equal
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...opinions of George McGovern as it did to Reubin Askew, who did not attend. Walter Mondale, being the front runner, was understandably given the most coverage. But the other candidates, all of whose percentage points in the polls do not add up to Mondale's, were each given roughly equal space-except for McGovern. According to the New York Times, McGovern was "the most humorous, relaxed and eloquent of the seven candidates." Was it not newsworthy to note the comments of the one candidate who aroused the most cheering and applause from the audience...
...reporter observed that "the 90-minute session seemed more of a love-in than a debate," but neglected to use any direct quotes. Instead of putting forth disparaging remarks, the reporter might be more considerate of those whose views are less than mainstream. The Kennedy Institute of Politics insured equal time to each of the candidates. Perhaps The Crimson should follow that example. Jeremy Levy...
...dean of the Faculty heads the largest of Harvard's faculties, equal in resources to the rest of the University's eight faculties combined. The dean oversees the work of some 6500 undergraduates and 2000 graduate students, close to 800 tenured and non-tenured professors, and scores of laboratories, museums and research institutions...
Federal law clearly prescribes that workers in the same job cannot be paid differently because of their race or sex, a concept known as equal pay for equal work. The issue of equal pay for comparable work, however, is vastly more complex. It arises because studies show that jobs traditionally held by women (nurse, librarian, secretary) tend to pay less than jobs generally held by men (accountant, construction worker, trucker) that seem to demand the same level of skills, responsibility and effort. This is a major reason why working women, despite equal-pay laws, still earn only about...
...nuclear panel that followed The Day After. Like a Supreme Court Justice, Koppel stared down at the likes of Henry Kissinger, James Schlesinger, Robert McNamara, who tried to catch his eye or answer his questions. In New Hampshire Koppel sat democratically alongside the eight candidates, visually their equal, not their superior...