Word: nearer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...those laws could provide the court with an opportunity to overturn Roe -- a prospect that seemed nearer than ever after last month's decision in Rust v. Sullivan. In that case, by a 5-to-4 vote in which Souter sided with the conservatives, the court ruled that doctors, nurses and other care providers at clinics that accept federal funds cannot even mention abortion to their patients. "I've never had much hope for this court," says Colleen O'Connor, public-education director for the A.C.L.U. "But I was never as dispirited as when it came down with the Rust...
Though there are a few glimmers of hope for economic recovery -- housing starts in February were up 16.4% over the previous month -- the present pain is nearer at hand. Unemployment went to 6.8% last month, up from 5.2% in June. All around the country, cities and states are contemplating new taxes and making painful cuts into budget funds for schools, police and other government services. Every time a bank totters or an S&L tumbles or an insurance company collapses into bankruptcy, a shudder goes through the nation. The old concerns about Bush's feckless approach to domestic issues...
Although the LCR could fulfill many--if not all--of the functions of the proposed Women's Center, students continue to demand the immediate creation of a separate multi-room facility located nearer to Harvard Yard. And Radcliffe deans continue to ignore the importance of student involvement with a patronising "we know what's best for you" attitude toward both the LCR and the question of a Women's Center. Both groups are going to have to compromise if either of them wants to achieve anything...
...March 23, Professor Roy Mottahedeh, no raving radical, wrote that democracy "seems nearer realization than ever because a genuine alliance between the Shiites and Kurds (and 15 other groups) that has been forming for a year or so has begun to find sympathy among alienated elements in the ruling Baath party...
...Persian Gulf two massive armies squared off across miles of desert sand as the Jan. 15 deadline for Iraq's withdrawal from Kuwait drew nearer. But with the world anxiously awaiting the outcome of this week's last-chance meeting between U.S. Secretary of State James Baker and Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz, a different battle was brewing back in Washington. This fight was over constitutional prerogatives and political power. The burning question at the center of it all: Could President Bush send U.S. troops into battle without congressional approval...