Word: repeals
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...their problems. Thus, Republicans focus on getting tough with welfare recipients, although cash payments to them only account for one percent of the Federal budget. They feel free to attack illegal and legal immigrants and blame Democrats for mothers who kill their children. Republicans are also pressing for the repeal of Affirmative Action programs and civil rights statutes to provide a scapegoat for whites who are increasingly afraid of losing their jobs (especially to "unqualified" Blacks...
...human intellect, thus liberated, proved prodigious; the fruits of its accomplishments are ever present in the developed world and tantalizingly seductive to those peering in from outside the gates. John Paul is not a fundamentalist who wants to repeal the Enlightenment and destroy the tools of technology; the most traveled, most broadcast Pope in history knows the advantages of jet airplanes and electronics...
...this page, we came out against attempts by the City of Cambridge to subvert the abolition of rent control called for by the recent passage of Question 9. But now it appears that the opponents of rent control have thought up yet another way of stalling its repeal...
BOSTON--A state referendum to repeal rent control cannot take effect until the courts decide whether the conduct of the November vote was constitutional, a Suffolk Country appellate judge ruled yesterday...
Among the five disputed referenda is Question 9, which would repeal rent control effective January...