Word: litmus
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...abortion continues to serve as a litmus test for the governor's race, the biggest losers will be the citizens of Massachusetts...
...many of the candidates in the race, the convention serves as a litmus test in which passing is not only important, but essential. Democratic hopefuls who receive less than 15 percent of the delegate pool at the convention will be forbidden to run on the Democratic ticket...
...even the Kremlin realizes that Article 6 as now written is out of date. This provision entered the Soviet constitution only in 1977, at the height of what is now denounced as the "era of stagnation." Sakharov and other liberals have made the repeal of Article 6 a litmus test of the leadership's commitment to genuine progress. They have substantial support. The Supreme Soviet voted 198 to 173 last month to debate Article 6; only 28 abstentions kept the measure off the agenda of this week's session of the Congress of People's Deputies. Gorbachev recognizes that...
Administration critics have charged that Bush officials have attempted to make abortion a political "litmus test" for appointments in Health and Human Services...
...interview yesterday, Wilson attributed Danforth's withdrawal to problems caused by a single individual in the personnel office. She said that both Bush and White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu have assured Sullivan that abortion will not be a litmus test issue for the NIH position...