Word: equalizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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PRESIDENT REAGAN'S DESCRIPTION of the Contra rebels fighting Nicaragua's Sandinista government as "the moral equal of our Founding Father's found surprising acceptance his month at the normally liberal BROWN UNIVERSITY, where students joined townspeople in re-enacting the Contras' heroie struggle. Over 75 "Freedom Fighters" staged a mock Contra take-over of downtown Providence on April Fool, Day, replete with khaki fatigues, mock rifles, and cardboard tanks. After an hour of make-belive firing squad executions of "communist sympathizers," the play freedom fighters proclaimed victory from the steps of City Hall and declared Rhode Island's capital...
...Communist dogma have only hobbled the economy further. Four out of five workers farm, but the ancient techniques are pathetically underproductive. By 1979, famine was a possibility, as disastrous typhoons and war with China hit simultaneously. The country now depends on Moscow for $2 billion a year, an amount equal to more than 20% of Viet Nam's gross national product...
...questions dealt with prayer in public schools, the Equal Rights Amendment, the death penalty and school desegregation. Among the seven relating to abortion was one asking whether "a 'viable' fetus is a human being." The eight-page letter was sent by three conservative Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee--Jeremiah Denton of Alabama, Orrin Hatch of Utah and John East of North Carolina--to Joseph Rodriguez, a Democrat nominated by Reagan for a New Jersey federal judgeship...
...result of a federal antitrust action in 1982, the monopoly American Telephone & Telegraph Co. enjoys over long distance service is being replaced by a policy the Federal Communications Commission calls "Equal Access." Under this policy, all long distance firms (MCI and Sprint are among the better known) will have access to the same equipment and services from independent local telephone operating companies (like New England Telephone). The consumer, in turn, will be able to choose which firm will carry his call after he picks up the receiver and dials "I". The policy is gradually being implemented across the country, until...
...THINK ABOUT AT&T SERVICE." AT&T does have more operators than the other firms, which generally do not provide the operator service necessary for collect and person-to-person calls. Under the Equal Access regulations, however, it will be possible to reach AT&T (and all other carriers) by dialing a five-digit number even if you choose a rival firm as your primary (dial 1) carrier. Romano confirmed that which ever long distance company you choose, "there will always be an AT&T operator available" if you need...