Word: publicize
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Missouri Attorney General William Webster, the first to speak, attempted to minimize the impact of his state's antiabortion law, which declares that life begins at conception and bars the use of public funds and public facilities such as hospitals to perform or assist in an abortion. The statute, which has never gone into effect, would also forbid doctors in publicly funded hospitals to "encourage or counsel" a woman to obtain an abortion. Webster argued that several of the law's provisions would have little impact, implying that the court could uphold them without jeopardizing...
When her first TV series debuted on Oct. 15, 1951, there was no way to tell that Lucille Ball was beginning an apparently immortal love affair with the American public, and not much reason even to expect commercial success. Ball was a comely redhead with a semisultry voice and knockout legs, but she was also nearly 40 and a veteran of almost two decades in the supporting ranks of show business. She had been a movie actress but hardly a superstar; she had enjoyed moderate success in radio but had only fleeting experience in the new medium of video...
...Control. Reagan opposed it. Bush, too, is against new federal gun- control laws, but he responded to police and public pressure for controls on military-style assault weapons by banning the imported (though not U.S.-made) semiautomatic rifles...
...Marlin Fitzwater. "He shares the same goals as President Reagan, but like anyone, he has his own style." Bush also has a different hand to play. His party does not control either house of Congress. He was elected with no specific mandate. He lacks Reagan's gift for rallying public support via television, and the budget crunch leaves him few goodies to trade for political support. Says a senior Bush official who also served under Reagan: "This Administration can't afford ideological posturing...
Most decisive was the reaction of the security forces to Deng's directive. The chief of Beijing's Public Security Bureau reportedly tried to step down rather than suppress the demonstration. Finally, cooler heads prevailed, and a last-minute decision was made to greet the marchers with unarmed policemen...