Word: importantally
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Although most feminists continue to embrace the amendment, the current call to battle has met with a mixed reaction. Many of the amendment's staunchest advocates are concerned that an ERA campaign now might unwisely divert energy from efforts to tackle such specific and pressing concerns as parental leave, child...
The tragedy is that in the contentious climate of Washington, the struggle becomes the end in itself, the media relishing the daily bombast, the Congress determined to trim the presidential wings, the President dedicated to preserving his rights of passage. Important issues get slighted.
Today the Court cuts the heart out of two of the most important and inseparable safeguards the Bill of Rights offers a criminal defendant: the right to submit his case to a jury, and the right to proof beyond a reasonable doubt . . . The skeleton of these safeguards remains, but the...
Humor is an important, yet seldom scrutinized political tool. Achieving the right mix of barbs and self-deprecation can be tricky, but devastatingly effective. So all seven contenders gamely lighted matches for the roast, the first time in the campaign they have been on the same stage.
California, as always, is someplace else again. Donating its services, Walt Disney Productions has created a mascot for the state's celebrations, Bisontennial Ben: a bison carrying a quill pen, just right for signing important documents. "We are making the Constitution user-friendly," says Peter Paul, executive vice president of...