Word: itemizes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...began on the appropriation for the Energy Research and Development Administration, which handles development and production of all nuclear weapons. In the bill, the neutron bombs were only labeled as "enhanced radiation weapons." leaving some legislators in the dark as to their precise nature. The House quickly approved the item, but the Senate went into a rare closed session-only five such sessions have been held in the past 20 years-and later, by only one vote, defeated a proposal to delete funds for the weapon...
...well have you kept up with the great crusade against discrimination? Find out with the following jiffy quiz. Mark each item true or false: 1) A white female office worker, fired after she was caught fornicating on business premises during working hours, filed a charge of discrimination against the employer, contending that she had been dismissed only because her sexual partner was black...
...Item 1: This Chicago case reached-and was eventually dismissed by-the Illinois fair employment practices commission. The woman at first claimed she had been fired for giving a "birthday kiss" to a black male coworker, who was also sacked. But even after an investigation established that the kiss had led to something more, the woman still attributed her dismissal to discrimination. She argued that it would not have occurred had her partner been white. Questions: Is there not some limit to the personal habits and traits that an employer must tolerate? Would not this woman's employer...
...Item 2: The young man who was disappointed at the boutique lodged his complaint with the San Francisco human rights commission. Because the complainant failed to follow through, the perplexed commission did not decide officially whether a ladies' clothing store has the right to refuse a man permission to try on its merchandise on the premises. Questions: Can anyone in the real world take such an issue seriously? Should the drive against sexist discrimination lead to the negation of all social differentiations between the sexes? No was the answer hinted at in Portland, Ore., by the civil rights division...
...ITEM: In Florida, Promoter Sidney Drashin declares that it is only a matter of time before the punk invasion begins there. Says he: "Our company believes it's going to break loose big. It's everywhere...