Word: equality
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...labor faction endorsed Short only after a heated floor fight at a convention of the Minnesota AFL-CIO. The party's executive committee, dominated by liberals and academics, refused to back him. The D.F.L.'s feminist caucus actually campaigned against him because of his antiabortion and anti-Equal Rights Amendment views. Other liberals paid for newspaper ads denouncing Short's opposition to national health insurance and environmental-protection laws. When Jimmy Carter went to Minnesota and urged a Democratic rally to support Short, the President was loudly booed. Predicted a gloomy Perpich just before the election: "Short...
...softspoken, gentle manner but quickly picked up the tempo against former Democratic Congressman Bill Roy. She wound up strong-spirited and refreshingly frank, telling Kansas farmers that their demands for 100% of parity on crop supports were unrealistic and inflationary. She told women's groups that she favored the Equal Rights Amendment but was against extending the time limit for its ratification. She told teachers' groups that she opposed a separate U.S. Department of Education. She supported the Panama Canal treaties, which were unpopular in Kansas. Speaking from her experience as a former aide to retiring Kansas Senator James Pearson...
...their purpose was to establish equality between men and women, 'integrated' climbing makes much more sense than the 'separate but equal' attitude the Annapurna expedition represents. The men who would climb with women would be, in all likelihood, the last people to treat women as inferiors. Hooked up to the same 'lifeline' as the women during the climb, the men wouldn't entrust their lives to those less capable. On the other hand, if male climbers really do believe their female colleagues to be less qualified, climbing without men won't help no matter how well the women climb. Obviously...
...Tiger You meal features a hearty beef Stroganoff and a Reconcile Feast includes stuffed pork chops and coconut cream pie. "It's so important," she insists, "to furnish men happy moments at mealtime." Her husband Charlie takes a judicious view of total cookery. "All things being equal," he says, "I'd rather have a nice meal than not have...
NASA officials admitted that it will probably be years before the U.S. can equal the new mark. What made the triumph more galling is the fact that it was achieved with equipment far less advanced than the U.S. space shuttle, which is not scheduled to make its first orbital flight until late next year...