Word: passingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...book is more about things not happening. Connections are not made, decisions are not reached. Dubin, on his walks, sees his dearest friend on the road, cannot face him, hides behind a tree and lets him pass. He yearns to confide in his estranged daughter. When she finally tells him of her affair with a man even older than her father, offering Dubin a perfect opening to finally unburden himself about his love for Fanny Bick, he lets the opportunity pass. Instead he delivers a tired, paternal lecture, retreating into the mythical wisdom he supposedly possesses as a biographer intimate...
...they decide to study the bill, it basically means they've canned it. If they find it favorable, it means they think it should pass." Chung explains. If the committee finds the bill favorable or unfavorable, the proposed legislation will be debated in the Senate...
Chung said she is "optimistic the bill will pass before I graduate...
...stands now, the bill provides that mature minors should be able to receive abortions without parental consent. Chung says that because the abortion issue is so controversial in Massachusetts, she would be willing to accept an amendment if it would help the bill pass...
Chung says that if the bill does not pass this time around, or if the Health Care Committee decides to shelve it, she will "just start over again next year...