Word: persistant
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...anything, the gains enjoyed by middle-class Blacks have sometimes served to exacerbate the disappoinements and frustrations of the estimated 35 percent of Black Americans who are currently below the poverty line. The Black poor now see many of their brethren "making it" while their own sad conditions persist of in many cases worsen. One example of the deterioration in the condition of the Black poor is a frightening rise in female-headed households. While in the early '60s 23 er cent of Black families were headed by a female, today that figure has skyrocketed to over 40 per cent...
Already many straight students have come to the aid of the GSA; a petition of "Straights for Gays" collected hundreds of signatures favoring the GSA measure last spring. Now all students should mobilize behind the GSA. Without pressure from all students, the University's intolerance towards gay students will persist and a large segment of the community will be denied the rights it deserves...
Already many straight students have come to the aid of the GSA; a petition of "Straights for Gays" collected hundreds of signatures favoring the GSA measure last spring. Now all students should mobilize behind the GSA. Without pressure from all students, the University's intolerance towards gay students will persist and a large segment of the community will be denied the rights it deserves...
Already many straight students have come to the aid of the GSA; a petition of "Straights for Gays" collected hundreds of signatures favoring the GSA measure last spring. Now all students should mobilize behind the GSA. Without pressure from all students, the University's intolerance towards gay students will persist and a large segment of the community will be denied the rights it deserves...
I.R.A. leaders at first feared the idea of hunger strikes, believing the men would be unable to persist and would thus endanger the esprit of the movement. The longstanding question-Would starvation bring results?-was raised again early this year by prison leaders and debated for hours up and down the blocks. Some of the inmates spoke into the darkness and predicted glumly that the British would never yield. Such comments were usually met with silence. The men were asked to consider the proposal for one week and then volunteer if they felt ready...