Word: equalized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tide runs toward Kennedy, would the G.O.P. want to field its aging front runner, 68-year-old Ronald Reagan, against a much younger, dynamic Senator? At the moment, many party pros say no. That answer would seem to give an advantage to John Connally, 62, who is Kennedy's equal as a tub thumper. If Connally turns out to be unacceptable to rank-and-file Republicans, they might turn either to Howard Baker or George Bush. Both lack flair as campaigners, but they have long experience in Washington, they have no scandal in their backgrounds and their views are only...
...President made a major pitch for the women's vote by staging a White House rally for the Equal Rights Amendment, a cause Carter has long supported...
...1960s, under Chief Justice Earl I Warren, the Supreme Court fashioned I a goad for social progress out of two 14th Amendment phrases-due process and equal protection of the laws-with specific application to civil rights and criminal law. Liberals praised the court for championing the rights of the traditionally powerless-blacks, the poor, criminal defendants. Others denounced it for excessive zeal and social meddling...
Each Supreme Court Justice, from the most junior to the most senior, has an equal voice and vote on each decision. The Chief Justice, or ''the Chief,'' as he is called, is primus inter pares-first among equals. At conference, the Chief begins the discussion of each case by describing the issues as well as his own views. Warren was known for declaring his opinions clearly and strongly at the outset, cutting through legalisms to ask persistently, ''Is it right? Is it fair?'' Burger is more tentative. Some of his colleagues wonder...
...clause, the precursor of the JPC--the Joint Budget Committee. "The annual budget for the retained programs," (those programs that Radcliffe would still finance) the document stated, "shall be subject to the review and approval of a committee representing the Governing Boards of Harvard and Radcliffe and composed of equal numbers from each institution...