Word: redresses
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...wedding is the photographer who commemorates the moment, but the poor person's own face rarely shows up in a newlywed's album. When TIME . decided to do a story on the resurgence of the traditional formal wedding, Photographer Neil Leifer came up with a way to redress that injustice...
...government. I attribute this to the fact that women, like men, do not see themselves as part of a mighty army but as Democrats or Republicans, married or single, old or young, heterosexual or things my 19th century upbringing forbids me to name. In fact, few individuals seeking redress or public attention claim the advantage of numbers on their behalf. On the contrary: they petition from weakness as the surest method of attaining their goals. The proliferation of vociferous minorities has doubtless resulted in the righting of many wrongs. It has also led to a noticeable decline in the civility...
...guiding force behind the council in its effort to redress that balance is one of California's best-known pols, Jesse Unruh, 63. Once nicknamed "Big Daddy," Unruh achieved national prominence as speaker of the California state assembly from 1961 to 1969, then lost a race for the governorship in 1970 to Ronald Reagan. Four years later Unruh re-emerged as state treasurer, a post that he soon made into a substantial power base. His office now controls $16 billion to $18 billion in investment funds and sells more than $1 billion worth of bonds annually. As he puts...
Supporters of the law, including consumer advocates and plaintiffs' attorneys, reply that even legitimate businesses can behave in illegitimate ways and that government cannot police every violation. RICO, they add, gives the victims of such practices a needed and powerful means of redress. Existing ) fraud laws or securities regulations were not enough, argues Blakey. "Under RICO, the perpetrator knows, 'If I'm caught, I don't just have to give back what I took. I give back three times what I took. It's suddenly economically unwise for me to engage in fraud...
...Society." Nevertheless, the opponents of national service state that the Federal government should increase the nation's tax burden, increase spending on our schools, and increase incentives for military and public service. When political reality negates these possibilities for social justice, different and direct action must be undertaken to redress the grievances of America's disadvantaged. The continued presence of an American underclass, in spite of the dollars of the Great Society, attests to the fact that the mandate of "should" is not the present answer to our nation's problems...