Word: less
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...course, a modification of the current abortion laws would be far less drastic than complete reversal of the Roe decision, but even minor changes in the law could mean serious setbacks in the quality of health care for women--particularly women from low-income backgrounds...
...were dealing with the run-of-the-mill Harvard liberal cause--say, the drive to force the final clubs to admit women. But the administration's attempts to tamper with the sacred housing lottery are far more insidious than all their past transgressions combined. The new plan is nothing less than an attempt to control the housing choices (and thus the lives!) of Harvard students...
...have more will than wallet," President George Bush told the nation in his inaugural address last month. But last week, in unveiling his $1.2 trillion budget proposal before a joint session of Congress, Bush exhibited less of the former and more of the latter...
...300th career victory? Cleary could not have cared less if last night's triumph were his first. As the final seconds ticked off the clock, Cleary stood on the bench waving his arms. When the gun sounded, he joined his players in raucous celebration...
...however, did not quite fit the facts. Just as the far right made an unexpectedly strong showing, so did the left. The Alternative List party improved on its 1985 result by more than a percentage point, taking 11.8% of the vote and 17 seats. The returns seemed to reflect less a sudden shift in the electorate's ideological complexion than a general dissatisfaction with the larger parties. Chronic housing shortages, spiraling rents, tightened health and pension programs and a continuing influx of ethnic Germans and asylum-seeking refugees all conspired to deal the Christian Democrats what Diepgen called a "devastating...