Word: importantally
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JOHN F. Kennedy was the first American president to prohibit federal agencies from practicing sex discrimination in the civil service. Prior to 1963, federal jobs could routinely be set aside for men or for women only. Since then women have risen to prominent roles in business, press, polities, and in...
These obstacles aside, though, the executive board's decision marked an important step for the council. The vote acknowledged that the council does not hold a monopoly on representing student's concerns. We hope that the issues discussed by the student activist at the meeting will not be overshadowed by...
But far more significant were Reagan's promises to encourage private-sector participation. Commercial space firms, for example, were assured that federal agencies would buy their launch services. Companies across the country saw the new policy as an important symbolic move. "It's great news," said Bruce Jackson, a Houston...
"The most important thing to remember," Thesiger stressed to Wilde, "is that when I did my journeys, I did them the only way they could be done, by camel or on foot." He wrote his books in the same unhurried fashion, patiently putting one incident after another, savoring the landscape...
Exercise, at least half an hour three times a week, is an important aid to controlling weight, keeping bones strong, building muscle strength, conditioning the heart and lungs and relieving stress. Declares Physiologist William Evans of the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Tufts University center on aging: "There is no group...