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Word: repeals (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...bill would repeal the "two-thirds law," which provides that a person convicted of a violent crime must serve two-thirds of his sentence before he is eligible for a parole hearing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Former Inmates Push For Bargaining Hand | 10/19/1971 | See Source »

...come to my attention that many Taxpayers in the Cambridge area are interested in circulating or signing the currently available Referendum Petitions to place the recently voted $212 Million State Tax Increase Bill on the 1972 Ballot for Repeal, but they do not know where to find such petitions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TAXPAYERS' REVOLT? | 10/2/1971 | See Source »

...time being, at least, political efforts to alter abortion laws appear to be stalemated. Bills to repeal New York's new law failed to make their way out of committee during the past legislative session. Proposals to liberalize abortion laws in 29 other states fared no better. Many experts believe that the permissive policies in several states have relieved pressure on standpat states to act on abortion. Federal action is also unlikely, though Oregon Senator Robert Packwood has introduced a bill that would allow any physician to perform an abortion on demand during the first 31 months of pregnancy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Legal Abortion: Who, Why and Where | 9/27/1971 | See Source »

...state had become "a gem of camphor surviving unlit in the midst of the flaming tongues of a hoop of fire"-meaning that thirsty Tamils had only to drive to adjoining Pondicherry, Mysore, Kerala or Andhra Pradesh for a drink. There was also an overriding economic reason for repeal. The state faces an $80 million budget deficit. Toddy will bring in an estimated $35 million from taxes and licenses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Return of the Toddy Tappers | 9/13/1971 | See Source »

...Repeal started slowly last week because the first 90 minutes that toddy shops were allowed to open conflicted with the ascendancy of the demon Rahu,*who occasionally punishes unseemly conduct by destroying a man's wisdom, money or children. Business picked up later, however, and in Madras alone 150 drunks had been arrested by nightfall. That pointed up another worry. Too much tippling could wreck the state's principal industry: movies in the Tamil dialect. Since no one else understands them. Tamil movies are shown over and over to local viewers, who are often so taken with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Return of the Toddy Tappers | 9/13/1971 | See Source »

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