Word: membership
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...accepting membership into the University, we join here a community, says the Resolution, "ideally characterized by free expression...respect for the dignity of others, and openness to constructive change." This said, is there anything else to debate? Jarrett Barrios '90-'91 Julie Schulman '91 Co-chairs, Bisexual Gay and Lesbian Students Association
...Seattle the city's human rights department ruled in June that the AAA automobile club of Washington had illegally discriminated on the basis of marital status by refusing to grant associate membership to a gay man's domestic partner. A city law that could require health plans to provide insurance benefits to domestic partners has been shelved while officials await clarification of an Internal Revenue Service ruling that suggests that these benefits might be considered taxable...
...Massachusetts Bar Association, for instance, has launched "Countdown to 500," a campaign to recruit from among its membership 500 new lawyers who will do pro bono work, says a spokesperson...
...attention given to claims made by private consumer and environmental organizations that focus on food safety and risks to health. Dan Howell, the director of the Americans for Safe Food project at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, says that groups like his are flourishing. "Our membership is double what it was a few years ago," says Howell. "New local organizations are emerging across the country. Consumers rely on consumers' groups as much as on the government...
Hungary and Poland, which are eager to wed their fortunes to the prosperous economies of the West, have begun to explore bilateral trade arrangements. Budapest, in particular, nurtures hopes of eventually joining the European Community. That remains years away, but a halfway step might be membership in the European Free Trade Association, which has special tariff agreements with the European Community. Such moves would come at the expense of traditional Comecon commitments. Given the glue that binds Eastern Europe -- including everything from heavily subsidized Soviet energy supplies and raw materials to inefficient plants unable to compete in world markets...