Word: movement
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Woods also aligns herself with the folk movement insofar as she is concerned with social issues. She admits a lack of "overt political stuff" in her lyrics. But she says she believes artists should work to solve problems in their communities, paraphrasing Bob Dylan by saying, "I believe in bringing it back home." As a member of Rick Berlin, Woods has performed in a series of benefits for Boston's homeless...
Virginia Thornburgh, the coordinator of programs for persons with disabilities at the Office of Human Resources, who has spent more than 20 years working on disability issues, termed the program as a "cutting-edge movement in disability concerns...
...fact, the loudest opposition to Thornburgh may come from some of those furthest to the right. Sen. Gordon Humphrey (R-N.H.), a staunch supporter of the pro-life movement, raised a number of questions about Thornburgh's stance on the issue of abortion...
...while a less unforgiving position on this issue may attract moderate Democrats, even this will not split the Republicans. Even if Thornburgh's and Bush's records of support for the pro-life movement are not as strong as the records of Orrin Hatch and Henry Hyde, they are far closer to the right than the records of Dukakis and Sen. Lloyd M. Bentsen (D-Tex.) The real pro-lifers, the great majority of whom vote, will surely not turn to the Democrats...
Thornburgh says she is excited by the ongoing NSEA/ CAST conference, which she labels "the cutting-edge movement within disability concerns...