Word: offshoot
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Similar pressures are being exerted in localities from coast to coast. New Jersey's Women on Words and Images, an offshoot of a local chapter of the National Organization for Women, has sold 20,000 copies to date of its anti-stereotyping booklet, Dick and Jane as Victims. The 57-page study analyzes 2,760 stories in 134 schoolbooks and concludes that boy-centered stories outnumber girl-centered stories 5 to 2, that positive traits are monopolized by male characters, and that the books show 147 different career possibilities for boys but only 26 for girls...
Libyan troops quickly picked up the terrorists as they tried to escape across the field. Although they have been disowned and denounced by all established Palestinian organizations, they are probably part of an autonomous offshoot of the fedayeen movement. In the past, Libya has dealt leniently with Palestinian terrorists; this time may be different. Even in what Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban calls the "pathological capital of the world," this skyjacking may be too much to stomach...
...foundation was started in 1968, coincidental with the beginning of the Nixon Administration. A tax-exempt offshoot of the National Right to Work Committee, which specializes in lobbying against compulsory unionism, the foundation has obviously been gaining great favor among well-heeled individuals and corporations. Its income from donations, which came to only $204,000 in 1969, will swell in 1973 to an estimated...
Each time, the pair leaves a minatory message signed AHIAR deploring mistreatment of animals. Press and public think them some sort of crank offshoot of the IRA, but the initials come straight from William Blake: "A Rob in Redbreast in a Cage/ Puts all Heaven in a Rage...
...Crimson rifle squad is an offshoot of the Rifle Club, and while it receives no financial aid from the University, it is an official varsity sport. Last winter eight undergraduates earned varsity rifle letters...