Word: litmus
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...There will be a high political price to pay for being anti-choice," promises Gloria Allred, a Los Angeles attorney and women's rights activist. Predictions like that will come true, however, only if abortion is made into the kind of litmus test that it has already become for many pro-lifers. Can pro-choice supporters be made single-issue voters, who will elect a candidate who shares their views on abortion even if they disagree with him on defense, taxes or the environment...
...Another litmus test of the council's intent will be its reaction to a faculty committee report on minority and women faculty hiring, expected to be released later this month...
...terms of process, never before have candidates for the judiciary been so thoroughly screened. When President Dwight Eisenhower appointed Earl Warren, he never suspected how often he would disagree with his Chief Justice. The process now insures against such dissent. The political litmus test has been extended (though not entirely) to our "insulated" third branch of government...
...grudging attitude could cause the U.S. to miss out on a historic turning point in world affairs. Those who sniff at Gorbachev's recent moves were proposing last year that many of these same steps -- on emigration, troop configurations, individual rights, loosening controls in Eastern Europe -- be used as litmus tests of Soviet intentions. With every Gorbachev move, the evidence mounts that he is seeking not just a breathing space but a fundamental change in the Soviet system...
...This weekend will be a good litmus test for us in terms of Easterns next week," said Harvard Co-Captain Steve Dodge, who has served the team as an assistant coach this year because of a back injury, which has kept him out of action. "We have to find out if what we are trying to improve on is ready. Of course, we are anticipating the Brown game most...