Word: occurance
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Such incremental steps do not please everyone in the antiabortion movement. The more restive among them point out that none of these moves is likely to make much of a dent in the 1.5 million abortions that occur annually in this country. But Douglas Johnson of the National Right to Life Committee, the nation's largest anti-abortion group, insists that even small victories are worthwhile. "We are out not just to make a statement but to make a difference," he said. Not surprisingly, Kate Michelman of the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League sees these relatively small steps...
Menopausal miseries. The oldest and most familiar use of HRT is to relieve the hot flashes, night sweats, vaginal dryness and other symptoms of estrogen "withdrawal" that occur around menopause, when the ovaries produce less and less estrogen...
...filed it. The women had asked that the judge kill the settlement of the class-action case, saying that it was not sufficient compensation for years of unfair treatment by male agency superiors. The women also charged that the agreement did not guarantee that future discrimination would not occur. Although Bryan said he was sympathetic to the women's concerns, he ruled that the settlement was in the best interests of the more than 400 women affected by the suit. "Nobody gets everything they want," he said. The benefits to the class as a whole outweigh the objections...
...core courses were abandoned in favor of distributional requirements, only those that met departmental criteria could continue to exist. Under this regime, students who stayed with the often-flimsy science Cores would receive the advantage of some real scientific theory, rather than simple general knowledge. The same would occur in all the other Core areas...
...optimistic about such changes, convinced that they will come, if not in the next decade, in the next two or three. For me, the key to female advancement at Harvard is change--change that will occur gradually over the years, as men and women begin to share leadership posts within the University community...