Word: equalize
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...court brushed aside claims that providing funds through Medicaid for childbirth but not abortion violates both the equal-protection clause of the Constitution and a woman's right to make her choice unhindered by Government. The Justices conceded that "the state may have made childbirth a more attractive alternative, thereby influencing the woman's decision," but nonetheless ruled that it did not really eliminate her free choice, since privately funded abortions still were possible-even though the woman might find it impossible to afford...
...sophisticate's sophisticate, Porter was perhaps the closest U.S. equivalent to Noël Coward, yet not quite his equal. Though Porter was a wily wizard of rhyme, he lacked some of the inventive fun of Coward's lines. Despite Porter's infatuation with what he called the "rich-rich," he is less intercontinental than Coward. His true territorial imperative was Broadway. The propellent force in his songs is to reach and grab a New York audience. In this production, the women clearly outshine the men. Each has a distinct personality in manner and voice. Maureen Moore...
...between two liberties, in a society that no longer feels it possible or desirable to legislate uniformity. A growing number of Americans might concede that adults have a right to read whatever they wish-or at least might accept that the law requires this. But they also argue an equal right not to be subjected to pornography that they consider offensive. The law seems to be moving toward some such distinction between content (protected) and display (regulated), which may not answer all the troublesome questions but is a start...
Hold it! If this country had any morality left it would give Judge Frank Wilson a new identity and send him into hiding. His shame is equal only to Lowe's sense of right. Wake up, people...
...discriminated against in housing, many jobs and public accommodations. In the end, homosexuals are likely to get full rights only when-and if-the public perceives that they are no threat to that part of society's established value system that is rooted in heterosexuality. The battle for equal treatment must be won in the hearts and minds of the American people...