Word: expections
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Rescue chaining themselves to the doorways of abortion clinics. And when more than 300,000 abortion-rights marchers poured through the streets of Washington a few weeks ago, it was clear that the threat to Roe has jolted the desultory pro-choice movement back to life. "You can't expect it to remain peaceful in these circumstances," says Ruth Pakaluk, president of Massachusetts Citizens for Life. "It's like the Civil War. There is no suitable middle ground...
...mobilize public support for Roe, pro-choice groups like NARAL, Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union expect to spend about $2.5 million through June on print and broadcast advertising. And at a meeting in March called by Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley Brown, the editors of 16 women's magazines agreed to step up their coverage of the abortion dispute. "I feel we're not holding our ground the way we should," says Brown...
...lower courts have struck down portions of the law. In November the Justice Department surprised many people by jumping into the Webster case to propose that the Supreme Court use the occasion to reverse Roe. While a reversal cannot be ruled out, few court watchers expect it just now. Supreme Court Justices usually prefer to muster a sizable majority behind highly controversial decisions, as they did in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, the pivotal -- and unanimous -- 1954 school-desegregation case...
...fracture lines in Congress are already forming along party lines. Twenty-five Senators and 115 Congressmen put their names to a brief in the Webster case supporting Roe. All but 17 were Democrats. But Republican strategists do not expect abortion to threaten the G.O.P. advantage in presidential years. "I don't think you'll see the Republican Party or the White House getting involved in all these state fights over it," says G.O.P. consultant Charles Black. "In a national election I would expect abortion to be one of the second-tier issues, not a top-tier burning...
...thing, bad grades can unleash parents' anxieties about their social status and their children's prospects. To the poor, success in school offers a way for children to escape impoverished lives. Middle-class parents push their offspring to surpass their own accomplishments. And wealthy, well-educated people routinely expect stellar performances from youngsters...