Word: reasonlies
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...convention, what possible time limit there might be on a state's request, how to choose the delegates and apportion votes in the convention, and whether the convention should refuse to propose an amendment it was summoned to consider. Although the Constitution never mentions these questions, there is no reason to expect Congress will meet serious opposition to an act outlining a convention's procedural details. Senator Sam Ervin (D-N.C.) proposed and the Senate adopted just such a bill twice already, in 1971 and 1973, but the House never approved it. And there are legal precedents applicable...
...these women isolate themselves? One reason offered is that they want to discuss women's issues. Have they ever thought that men may also want to discuss women's issues, and furthermore have a valuable perspective? Another reason is that they want to strengthen a common identity. Have they ever thought that a common identity should be based upon shared beliefs, instead of shared biological traits...
Jeffrey Binder, general counsel of the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD), said Tuesday, "I guess it is discrimination, but the [public accommodations] statutes don't cover discrimination on the basis of which college you go to." He said that for this reason the MCAD does not have jurisdiction over the matter...
Lowry quickly identified the reason for the Crimson victory, "We're better fencers than they are," she said last night...
...attempts to calm the skittish Faye and disentangle her from a toga-style bed-sheet provide the most hysterical moments in Chapter Two. But this farcical scene turns solemn, too. Faye admits she doesn't really want to have an affair--"I don't have a good enough reason for being here"--while Leo, the experienced practitioner of the lunch hour tryst, confesses that he detests his inability to be a faithful husband. Leo's and Faye's sexual frustration parallels George's and Jennie's emotional frustration: Simon makes his comic supporting characters almost as depressed as his principals...