Word: lift
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...American Civil Liberties Union, the Fenway Community Health Center, the Lavender Political Alliance, Operation Lift the Ban and Queer Nation are planning "a rally in Harvard Square in between the morning and afternoon ceremonies," said Michael D. O'Laughlin, a member of the Graduate School of Education Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Students and a member of the Commencement Pride Coalition...
...Yard, plans to distribute 7,000 balloons before Powell speaks, representing what they say are the number of gay, lesbian and bisexual soldiers ejected from the military under Powell's tenure as Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. They also plan to distribute mortarboard stickers and to chant "Lift the ban" while Powell receives his honorary degree...
...path to the stars, especially those worn on uniforms, was opened last week. Defense Secretary Les Aspin ordered all the services to remove restrictions on women flying combat aircraft and said he would ask Congress to lift the ban on women serving aboard warships at sea. The change has long been visible on the horizon, but it was hurried along by a Navy eager to do something to smooth the choppy wake left by its official report on Tailhook. As the damaging document was readied for release two weeks ago, Navy brass quietly assured servicewomen at the Pentagon that...
Hill said that, at the present time, no actual disruption of the ceremonies is planned. "Having people lift their mortarboards with the stickers and chanting 'lift the ban' may be seen as disruptive by some," she said...
Bill Clinton, apostle of the new and different, a President who has already proved Machiavelli's assertion, asks to be judged by the toughest standard imaginable. Throughout the campaign, Clinton routinely promised a first 100 days reminiscent of Franklin Roosevelt's action-filled three-month push to lift America from the Great Depression. No matter that the F.D.R. yardstick is arbitrary -- and even foolish given the blessed lack of a galvanizing crisis like the one America faced in 1933. "I think it's been a very productive 100 days . . . we've made terrific progress," White House press secretary...