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...TOOK THE WOMEN'S movement 20 years to quash the turn-of-the-century stereotype of the suffragette as a humorless shrew. Foolish efforts to raise the status of women by fig-leaFing the media will ressurect this long-dead stereotype. Feminism fought a long battle to be taken seriously; feminists like MacKinnon and Dworkin are only inviting the kind of derision they want to avoid...
Last week, testifying in a raspy Sicilian accent, Conforte said that in December 1978 he paid Claiborne $30,000 to help quash grand jury subpoenas for two of his prostitutes who had 5 been called as witnesses in a probe of voter fraud. Three months later, Conforte said, he again met with Claiborne, who suggested that he could get a federal appeals court to overturn Conforte's tax conviction. Conforte testified that the judge told him, "We need $100,000 to get things started." With that, Conforte produced $55,000 in bills and stuffed them in Claiborne...
...schools and thus, in effect, to enthrone indifference or even hostility toward religion as official government policy. They can even cite the example of the protests last week in Poland, a nation that is 90% Roman Catholic, where the people are protesting the government's attempt to quash the nation's religious and cultural spirit by removing crucifixes from classrooms...
Going into the 500 free in the second half of the meet, the Cadets were still close enough to pull out a win with strong performances from their talented back stroke corps. To quash any Army hopes of a late surge. Bernal selected two of his biggest guns. Chappell and senior Captain Larry Countryman, for the middle distance race. The co-captains clinched the meet with a one-two finish, as Chappell claimed his second victory of the afternoon...
...remains unclear how Harvard would attempt to quash the council's effort. But Epps said that the University could veto any withdrawal of government funds, since all council transactions currently go through Harvard...