Word: persists
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Nonetheless, the problem of underenumeration of minority groups is likely to persist unless it becomes a matter of more general concern. We believe that what were initially at least technical problems have by their very magnitude been transformed into social problems with powerful legal and ethical implications. Specifically, we hold that where a group defined by racial or ethnic terms, and concentrated in specific political jurisdictions, is significantly under-counted in relation to other groups, then individual members of that group are hereby deprived of the constitutional right to equal representation in the House of Representatives, and by inference...
...invitation to mutual violence," the court held that the ten-month ban violated the racists' rights. "We think," said the court, "that the period of time was unreasonable and that it was arbitrary to assume that a clear and present danger of civil disturbance and riot would persist for ten months...
...also counsels us on our course. Let us, as moderates, urge that when a change of direction comes as it must, there will be no recrimination. Let us counsel those that are persisting in error that they are far more likely to compound the damage to their recrimination than to retrieve it. For that is what happens to men who persist in the face of fact...
...going to be a force for peace in the Middle East, we must include with our sympathy for the Zionists a certain empathy for the Arabs. Americans find it hard to see why the Arabs persist in not recognizing Israel. But Americans would do well to remember that the U.S. refuses to recognize the governments of China and East Germany, which are permanent realities just as Israel...
Expected Response. "It is the judgment of these citizens," the letter began, "that the Lynchburg newspapers are contributing to frustration and bitterness. To persist in these policies can only be destructive of the general morale as well as the reputation of our community." The citizens asked for only two small changes in the papers' policy: that they stop suppressing all good news about the city's Negro high school and that they start publishing Negro obituaries instead of charging for them as classified advertisements. "We hope," concluded the letter, "that our Negro citizens will be encouraged...