Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...committee proposed a three-part solution. Under the recommendation, the university would use political pressure to change the military's policies toward gays and lesbians. If that failed, the university would try legal action. And as a final option, the university would sever its ties with ROTC...
Baldwin and other supporters say that the university, which was founded under the Land Grant Act of 1862, may face a legal battle if it bans ROTC. The Land Grant Act provided start-up money for state schools but stipulated that the schools offer military instruction...
...slain civil rights activists in Montgomery, Ala.; and, closer to home, it consisted of the upcoming A.W.A.R.E. Week, which lasts from Dec. 4 to Dec. 8. Lastly, that "Big Picture" included me. Twenty years or so ago, the Civil Rights Movement ended, leaving a legacy of increased opportunity and legal justice for the millions of African-Americans who have been enslaved by the racism of America. I see myself as an heir to that legacy, but I have yet to see the realization of the Dream for which Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and many others died. Lamonte Lucas...
Johnson denied any intentional deceit in the incident, saying that the misinformation on the receipt was an honest mistake. Despite his alibi, Johnson acknowledged that he had intended to divert money to Reeves' campaign function, saying "I tried to do it in a way that would be legal...
...change for a few weeks." Krenz said he was ready for an "unsparing investigation" of the party's mistakes and transgressions. He and the beleaguered Politburo also took a first step toward some form of power-sharing by proposing round-table talks on reform with non-Communist parties and legal opposition groups; the agenda would include changing the constitution, which currently gives the Communists the monopoly of power...