Word: movement
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...turmoil of the 1960s youth movement soon swept over Harvard. Searching after a "fairer" ideal, a 1966 House Assignment Committee revolutionized student life after the years of masters' dominance...
This set of arguments presents the social grounding of the pro-choice movement. And understandably so. Despite the talk about cases in which women are physically endangered by their pregnancy or are impregnated due to rape (these cases account for less than 1 percent of all abortions), it is single, young, poor or career women who are most likely to see abortion as the best solution, however traumatic, to a big dilemma--pregnancy...
...very happy with our ball movement, not so happy with our shooting," Anderson said. "We got a little complacent when we got out in front...
...idea of politicians as leaders in the ecology movement seems strange, even more surprising is who agreed to be the closing speaker at the London conference: Margaret Thatcher. Though she has long been accused of being insensitive to environmental issues, the Prime Minister promised last week that Britain will push manufacturers to eliminate chlorofluorocarbons from new refrigerators -- evidence that these days even the most conservative leaders are worried about the environment...
...battle cry of the civil rights movement was equality. But in the workplace, the bottom line is authority. As more blacks move up into higher- level jobs and more whites find themselves working for black superiors, the two opposing principles can often collide...