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Thus, when the town's teachers walked out on strike in March after failing in 14 months of negotiations to reach a contract, the school board was in no mood to compromise; it fired all of the teachers and hired substitutes. The harsh action - unprecedented in Wisconsin - transformed a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Hortonville 84 | 5/27/1974 | See Source »

The equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment itself is a wise provision of law. It is a plain and unambiguous provision. It means that no state shall deny to any person within its boundaries the equal protection of the law. Properly interpreted, it prohibits a state from treating persons...

Author: By Sam J. Ervin jr., | Title: A Stand Against Busing | 4/30/1974 | See Source »

This proposed amendment would absolutely prohibit any court and any government agency from assigning schoolchildren to or requiring them to attend a particular school on account of race, creed, or color. It would constitute, in effect, a supporting provision in the Constitution for the true interpretation of the equal protection...

Author: By Sam J. Ervin jr., | Title: A Stand Against Busing | 4/30/1974 | See Source »

So, where do you go for a drink at Harvard? The smartest, cheapest place is a liquor store. Buy a bottle of booze, a bottle or two of mixers, and get started. The Harvard Provision Company has a good reputation, and they will deliver to Harvard dorms. Martignetti's (in...

Author: By Dwight Cramer, | Title: A Drinking Man's Guide to Cambridge | 4/29/1974 | See Source »

Properly enforced, this provision would not eliminate all abuses, but should sharply reduce them. Had Nixon's money managers known that those six-figure gifts from the milk producers, Howard Hughes and Robert Vesco would be exposed, for example, they might have acted differently.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Campaign Money: Prospects for Reform | 4/22/1974 | See Source »

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