Word: repeals
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...abortion. Uniting with other conservative groups--ranging from TV-evangelist Rev. Jerry Falwell and his "Moral Majority" to Phyllis Schafly and her "STOP ERA" diehards, these "pro-family" forces have vowed to reverse the progressive trends of the '70s. They are plotting to prevent the ERA's enactment, repeal abortion laws, eliminate federal financing of day-care centers, and prevent revocation of the Internal Revenue Service's so-called "marriage tax" which penalizes two-income households...
...nomination, "it would be a real distortion of the expressed will of the working members of the Democratic Party." When the rule was approved by the Democratic National Committee in 1978, it was largely due to the backing of several Kennedy supporters, who are now spearheading the drive to repeal...
...floor Reagan cound afford to spend the second day of the convention soothing hurt feelings. He met in the morning with 17 women, including his daughter Maureen, 39, who describes herself as a feminist. He promised to seek out women for high appointive office and work to repeal state and federal laws that discriminate against women. Said former G.O.P. National Chairman Mary Louise Smith, an ERA supporter: "We came away feeling good...
...Harvard, loaded with legal talent and able to afford the cost of going to court, could still make trouble for the city. It seems unlikely they will challenge the repeal of the exemption; not only would it tempt Frank to make good his constitutional amendment threat, but government relations officials have said on the record they think the repeal is constitutional, a stance they would have to repudiate should the matter go before a judge. But the University can challenge every period and comma of whatever legislation emerges restricting expansion. "Harvard always wins--it will just take them more time...
...even if last Saturday was a high water mark in the city's battle against the University, the repeal is symbolic. In years past, the city council would not have supported the measure, certainly not unanimously as they did this time. And the Beacon Hill Alumni Association, also known as the state legislature, would not have passed it. Victim to political forces not unlike the social ones that rocked its campus in the late sixties, Harvard was unable to fend off institutionalized calls for change. An organized, impassioned group in the city finally triggered the earthquake, and things will never...