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...know, nobody made feminists more angry than you did. At one debate, Betty Friedan said to you, "I'd like to burn you at the stake." In 1972 the feminist movement made the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment their major goal, and they had every advantage. They had three Presidents, Nixon, Ford and Carter, [behind them]. They had all the governors. They had 99% of the media. They had organizations, they had Hollywood stars, movie stars, and they felt I was responsible for not letting them get what they wanted. So they were mad about...
...goal is to make ‘Beantown,’ green town,” said Boston mayor Thomas M. Menino, as he kicked off the Harvard Graduate School of Design’s weekend-long conference last Friday. The conference, entitled “Ecological Urbanism: Alternative and Sustainable Cities of the Future,” was the largest in the school’s history. The conference addressed a variety of issues concerning the evolution of cities in a world where sustainability is becoming a larger concern for planners. The event hosted speakers from a variety...
...moment of silence before starting the walk to remember all those who have died or are suffering in Haiti. According to Bob Doolittle, the youth director at St. Paul and one of the event’s coordinators, the walk raised $40,000, significantly more than the goal of $25,000. He said that this year was the second-most successful showing since the walk’s founding in 2003. “With the economic downturn people were going to hold back, but the reverse happened,” he said. An anonymous donor from Lincoln Sudbury agreed...
...predecessor that traveled about 1,060 miles (1,700 km). On July 4, 2006, another long-range rocket broke apart shortly after launch. Yesterday's rocket flew more than 2,175 miles (3,500 km) - about twice the distance of the '98 launch. "That was the government's basic goal," an East Asian intelligence official says. "To increase the range of the Taepodong II. This was a test of an intercontinental ballistic missile thinly disguised as a rocket carrying a satellite. From a military standpoint, the test is a success, not a failure." (See pictures of the rise...
...roses though. Dividing his time between the capital Ankara, where he will address Turkish MPs, and Istanbul, where he is to meet with religious leaders and youths, Obama is also expected to deliver a message urging Turkey to embrace further democratic reforms and to refocus on its long-term goal of joining the European Union. Movement towards membership of the E.U. has stalled, both because of European leaders' unwillingness to contemplate a future with Turkey, and the current government's Islamic leanings, which have led it to turn eastwards and greater involvement with the Middle East. "The United States must...