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...Massachusetts' current law on abortion is potentially one of the most liberal in the United States. Sections 19 and 21 of Chapter 272 of the General Laws impose a criminal penalty on anyone who "unlawfully" uses instruments, etc., with intention to procure an abortion or who "sells, lends, gives away, etc. . . . any instrument for the prevention of conception or for causing unlawful abortion...
...look at it. Once the poorer people were ruled by the French. Now they are ruled by an Algerian elite. True, the colonialists were removed by terrorism and the threat of civil war in France. But it didn't change matters for the oppressed people. Instead of the instrument of oppression being a foreign one, it became a home-made one. But what of the people...
...Committee and appointed by the Dean. In suggesting initial reliance on the HRPC to designate the student contingent to this committee, we have been greatly influenced by the high quality of past HRPC performance in this area. We recognize, however, the hazards of long-term commitment to any "chosen instrument" to express student views, and we expect that questions of student representation on this and other committees will be subject to continuing review and recommendations by student organizations...
...cover picture on Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band focuses on a grave, with the flowers at its bottom shaped like a bass guitar-McCartney's instrument-and like the letter "P." On the inside photo McCartney wears on his left arm a patch reading "O.P.D." (Officially Pronounced Dead), the British equivalent of "D.O.A...
...more advanced model, but a shortage of time and funds prevented it from flying. When the astronomers realized that the advanced version would not be ready in time, an extra copy of the earlier OSO-IV telescope was pressed into service (the Observatory had built a prototype, a flight instrument, and a spare for that satellite). This instrument was overhauled and improved in less than a year-an unusually short time for space hardware...