Word: prevent
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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While it is difficult to say at this stage whether such a move is feasible, Bell's statement shows that the government will do what it can to prevent the ERA from going down at the hands of woefully misguided equal rights opponents. The amendment might receive the three additional state ratifications it needs before the March 22, 1979 deadline, but, then again, it might not. Accordingly, an extension could be necessary. Because it is unclear whether the seven year limit was a part of the amendment per se, changing the time limit could conceivably be legitimate...
...limited trial record will not necessarily prevent the Supreme Court from passing judgement on this case. Cahn said, owing to the volume of information that has since come into the public record. There is no hard-and-fast rule as to what a Supreme Court justice can take notice of, Cahn said, adding "the Court's willihgness to take in the amici curiae briefs is an indication that the Court may be willing to make certaih decisions...
...higher than the Carter plan but lower than what decontrol advocates figured the free-market price would be ($2.75 to $3.25). Byrd won the approval of Abourezk and Metzenbaum for the Jackson compromise. But the Senators who favor decontrol refused to go along. To block the compromise -and prevent a move to freeze prices at the current ceiling-they began their own talk fest. Said Louisiana Democrat Russell Long: "A filibuster is an act of piracy. So if there's going to be a filibuster, I'm going to be a pirate too.* With that, he began calling...
...years ago. Despite jogging's obvious benefits (for some people), it can do no more than slow the decline of the heart and lungs. The most conscientious exercises, careful diet and cautious life-style cannot halt the gradual hardening of the arteries, or prevent the reduced output of critical hormones, or bring a cessation to the wholesale death of brain cells. Such holding actions as face-lifts and skin treatments are ultimately futile. They do not stop the stiffening of tissue that causes wrinkling; they only disguise...
...common program as well as the right to veto any Socialist policy in a leftist government, they will sabotage the election effort. Mitterrand's dilemma last week was acute. If the quarrel is not resolved, the defection of only 2% or 3% of the Socialist vote could prevent the left from getting the 54% it needs to win a majority in the National Assembly. On the other hand, if Mitterrand yields to Communist demands for widespread nationalization, the Socialists could lose the support of moderate voters who fear Communist supremacy...