Word: pros
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that the repeal of Roe (especially if it is completed by the court next year, as seems likely) will awaken and politicize social-issue liberals the way Roe itself energized conservatives 16 years ago. From 1973 until recently, abortion mattered a lot more to the antis than to the pros; that is already starting to change. The new politics of abortion will also put many Republican politicians in the sort of bind Democrats have been in more often in recent years: trapped between the demands of a vocal interest group at the core of their party and the preferences...
...coffee mugs in hand. The class is a mix of violin teachers, novelists, horse breeders and substitute teachers who range in age from 20 to 60. Some drop off preschool children at the center's nursery; others gather in small groups to discuss someone's vacation tan and the pros and cons of buying a car for a 17-year...
THIS kind of negative approach is flawed in two ways. First, it takes the easy way out of truly considering allowing fraternities and sororities on this campus. If Harvard were truly considering greeks on campus, it would have to conduct some sort of investigation to find the pros and cons of recognizing such groups. Simply relying on press reports of isolated incidents around the United States is not sufficient...
...Lear ruefully recalls the chaotic gestation: "In the beginning, I knew nothing about the magazine business. I knew I had a good idea. Everyone told me so, but they all bet against my doing it." In addition to exasperated editors, she was confronted by battalions of advertising and research "pros." She recalls them as gnomish little men who denigrated an audience of older women and told her that old "broads" and "gals" didn't want to see pictures of themselves. They smugly reiterated the Madison Avenue maxim: Youth is beauty. "The reason some men fear older women is they fear...
...Arsdale ever solicited was from an Indiana high school kid, Oscar Robertson, when Van Arsdale was even younger. "He was eating a hot dog. I'll never forget the way he shoved it in his pocket to free his hands. Mustard and all." They became teammates in the pros...