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Word: occurate (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Given a sympathetic new President with a keen interest in the subject, this impressive chorus of discontent will probably inspire the appointment of study commissions and the production of all kinds of reports, analyses and perhaps even proposals for change. But what action is apt to occur? Is any important rearrangement of the powers of federal and state governments likely? The prevailing suspicion is voiced by Michigan's Republican Lieutenant Governor James Brickley: not confident that anything substantial can be done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: States' Rights and Other Myths | 2/9/1981 | See Source »

...Foundation seems to be under too much University control. To others, it looks like more lip service paid to non-whites. There is anger that this Foundation proposal ignores the Black Students Association, and other organizations on campus which Black students created themselves. Doubtless, this very obfuscation can occur--but we must fight to prevent it. The next months promise tremendous University focus on this Foundation. If Black students shy away from the spotlight, much of what has already been created will be thrust offstage...

Author: By Eve M. Troutt, | Title: In Search of a Voice | 2/7/1981 | See Source »

Planning for the past 15 years for an event he hopes will never occur doesn't bother Hallice, but he does worry that "the Soviets spend a billion where we spend a million...

Author: By Andrew C. Karp, | Title: Civil Defense Prepares City for Nuclear Attack | 2/3/1981 | See Source »

Despite the disagreements, which were not resolved at the weekend meeting, Taylor said she believes the station will broadcast before new owners take it over--a development that could occur as early as April 1. when the Federal Communications Commission may approve an already filed bill...

Author: By Nancy F. Bauer, | Title: WCAS | 2/2/1981 | See Source »

...Most school committees--which are a majority of whites--assume that a desegregated, quality education can occur only when whites are in the majority. I discovered this while I was in Dallas, where I served as an expert witness for the plaintiffs, testifying in court. I recall that the attorney for the school board there said, 'Now Dr. Willie, suppose we do desegregate Dallas in the way which you suggested, and it becomes like Atlanta. What would you say to that? So I asked the school board attorney, 'Tell me, please, how is Atlanta?' And at that time, he said...

Author: By Susan K. Brown, | Title: Teaching the School Boards | 1/28/1981 | See Source »

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