Word: equality
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...taken upon his head the crown of St. Peter; with it came the doubts of a struggling Church and the frightening burden of succeeding a man the world had come to think of as a saint. At first it did not seem the scholarly Archbishop of Milan would be equal to the challenge laid down by Pope John XXIII and the Second Vatican Council; yet when the roaring crowds greeted Paul in New York in 1965, they hailed a man who had let the "fresh air" into the Church with a wondrous combination of skill and piety...
...case of "reverse discrimination" similar to the Bakke case [July 10]-the Untouchables' being given opportunities in jobs and universities-the Supreme Court in India ruled in 1975: "The concept of equality is that if persons are dissimilarly placed, they cannot be made equal by having the same treatment." I am a Brahman, and I agree with that decision and consequently disagree with the remarks of Justice Lewis Powell that "the guarantee of equal protection cannot mean one thing when applied to one individual and something else when applied to a person of another color...
...proportions of men and women doing volunteer work become more nearly equal, the feminist objection to volunteerism as a female ghetto may recede. In any case, the needs to be fulfilled transcend the politics of sex. And of age as well. The talent pool of retired Americans, growing larger each year, is an immense resource that should be exploited more, to staff day care centers, for example, and to perform more sophisticated jobs...
...streak grew, the adulation of the fans grew with it. Long one of the game's fiercest competitors, Rose has been booed with equal ferocity for his playing style. Never a graceful player, he made himself indispensable with the kind of hustle Enos Slaughter personified and the aggressive disregard for physical safety of Ty Cobb. Running like a blocking back, Rose has broken up more double plays?and infielder's pride?than any other man playing baseball today. During the 1970 All-Star game, a bone-crunching collision at home plate left Cleveland Catcher Ray Fosse sitting stunned...
Moreover, the study group recommended that Congress enact legislation suspending the equal opportunities provision of the Federal Communications Act, "requiring networks to release each week to their licensees twenty 30-second prime-time segments restricted for sale to political candidates during the campaign period," and permitting networks to deduct from gross income "the difference between the actual rates paid by political advertisers and the average commercial rates for comparable time charged during the campaign period...