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Word: provisionally (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Davis's name was-placed in nomination by an independent group which circulated petitions to get her name on the ballot. There is a provision for such petition candidates in the alumni association constitution.

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Angela Davis | 5/17/1971 | See Source »

Spurred by the possibility that Congress will not complete new draft legislation by July 1-the date when the old law expires-the Selective Service is now studying a provision of the 1967 law which may allow drafting after the July 1 expiration date.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1967 Draft Law Expiration May Leave Some Draftable | 5/14/1971 | See Source »

>Ruled earlier this month that the 117 members of Congress who hold commissions in military reserve units were violating the Constitution's provision that no person holding any office under the authority of the United States shall be a member of either House. Said Gesell: "Given the enormous involvement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: No-Nonsense Innovator | 4/19/1971 | See Source »

The Court ruled that a Cambridge widow who owns a five-apartment building could ask a rent increase of her tenants since they were under lease. The decision stated that since the contract was made before rent control, it superceded the roll back provision.

Author: By Joyce Heard, | Title: Rent Control Meeting Falls Apart | 4/16/1971 | See Source »

POLICE discretion extends to fairly basic decisions - whether or not to make an arrest, for example. A family argument where a man ups and throws a brick at his girlfriend and cuts her forehead can be handled in countless different ways. The man can be arrested, either for Simple Assault...

Author: By James Lardner, | Title: Up Against the Wall Erratic Glamour in a Cops and Robbers World | 3/26/1971 | See Source »

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