Word: months
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...said, the supreme body of power. It is quite another question whether it is fully ready to carry out all its functions. There are many Deputies who do not have enough knowledge, experience, patience and even mutual respect. But it will come. With every passing month, the situation becomes more normal and settled. We have to learn behavior that corresponds to the importance of this body...
Until last month, when Congress restored its cachet by making it a criminal offense, flag burning had virtually gone out of style as a means of radical protest. Now desecrating the Stars and Stripes has become a bit of a fad. Last week four demonstrators staged a torching on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. Among the participants: Gregory Lee Johnson, whose conviction for setting fire to a flag at the 1984 Republican Convention led to a Supreme Court ruling upholding the constitutionality of the practice. Said Johnson: "We're back...
...burning was designed to produce a quick challenge to the Flag Protection Act of 1989, passed by Congress last month amid an orgy of jingoistic rhetoric. If the Supreme Court strikes down the law on constitutional grounds, as seems likely, Congress might be stampeded into approving an anti-flag burning amendment urged by President Bush. It might be wiser to turn down the heat...
...failing to force the Senate to include such a reduction in next year's budget bill, Bush abandoned the idea last week. The President's backdown could provide the basis for a compromise that would undo $16 billion in across-the-board spending cutbacks that went into effect last month. If no agreement can be reached, $8.1 billion will be slashed from popular programs such as Medicare and college loans...
...history. They are relatively skilled and prosperous, and mobile enough to escape Southern California's well- advertised problems of traffic, smog and crime. Many are so-called equity emigres who cash in on their California houses to acquire equivalent property near Puget Sound at literally half the price. Last month's Northern California earthquake, however, has had little impact on the exodus. A poll by the Field Institute showed that though many Californians expect new quakes, only 2% say they are likely to move out of the state for that reason...