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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Among the priorities the B.J.P. has relinquished: the construction of a new shrine to Ram at the site of the Babri mosque; repeal of marriage and divorce laws "pandering" to Muslims; doing away with favored status for Jammu and Kashmir, India's only Muslim-majority state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hindu Pride | 5/25/1998 | See Source »

Another win was the repeal of a cap on theamount of tax-free bonds that a university couldfloat to raise funds. The cap's removal will makeit cheaper for Harvard to fund ongoingconstruction...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Working D.C. On Harvard's Name | 5/13/1998 | See Source »

...kind of sad really. I think it owes a lotto the loss of rent control," Skenderian saysreferring to the 1994 repeal of rent control inthe Cambridge which has resulted in much higherproperty values and rents for many residents...

Author: By James P. Mcfadden, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cambridge Street: Memorial of City's Past | 5/6/1998 | See Source »

...first forty years, the opposition had to stay underground because of the secret police's extreme vigilance. Thousands of dissidents were imprisoned or executed for voicing their belief in liberty and democracy, and for their criticism of the Nationalist government. Yet, in the ten years since the repeal of martial law, Taiwan has become a full-fledged democracy, with its first legislative elections in 1992 and its first presidential elections in 1996. The vigorous democracy seen in Taiwan today was built on the lives and dreams of Taiwanese everywhere...

Author: By George S. Han, | Title: Remember 2-28 | 3/6/1998 | See Source »

...state recognizes same-sex marriages. Yesterday, Maine became the first state in the nation to repeal a law protecting gay men and lesbians from discrimination in employment, housing, credit and public accommodations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BGLTSA Uses Ribbons To Promote Awareness | 2/13/1998 | See Source »

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