Word: equality
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...toughest fight for the amendment lies ahead. It must be ratified by 38 state legislatures within seven years, a time limit set by Congress. Democratic supporters did not take issue with Republican Opponent Jesse Helms, who claimed that the ratification struggle over the District amendment would make the Equal Rights Amendment battle "look like a Cakewalk...
...camps take in some 1,100 youths between the ages of 14 and 22 every summer. The one-week sessions involve rigorous instruction in right-wing doctrine. Twenty lectures on "the rudiments of Americanism" are devoted to such themes as the dangers of gun control, Big Government and the Equal Rights Amendment. "The forces that work for total government" constitute the real enemy, campers are taught...
...dollar's fall is not stopped, the U.S. and world economies will be in mounting danger. The cheapening of the greenback may add ¼% to 1½% to this year's U.S. inflation rate. It both raises the costs of imports, which are now about equal to 10% of the gross national product, and moves American manufacturers to increase prices on goods that compete against imports...
Unsuccessful bidders for Puzo's new work have grumbled that many of these books are the equal of Puzo's in earning power, and that the re-reprint rights for The Godfather were generously underestimated to ensure the record sale of Fools...
...Name Game, and Bart and Mac and Nate are macho. Humphrey is sedentary; so much for Bogart. Anyway Americans have not needed any tracts or theories to get them lunging after catchy handles. One Phoenix mother recently branded her new baby girl with the unforgettable sobriquet Equal Rights Amendment...