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...most important peice of pending federal gay rights legislation, Frank said, is the repeal of the McCarren-Walter Act. The act, which bars anarchists, communists and people carrying communicable diseases from entering the United States, also includes a provision excluding gays and lesbians, Frank said...
...hundreds of Harvard students prepare for Sunday's march on Washington to rally for women's legal right to abortion, law professors and historians around the country are supporting briefs attempting asking the Supreme Court not to repeal Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion...
...live on the program from 5 to 6 p.m. yesterday, in time for the large audience of commuters returning from work. Williams' program is a frequent forum for Dukakis-bashing by both the host and his listeners. The program was the centerpiece of a successful 1986 referendum campaign to repeal the state's mandatory seatbelt law. The governor opposed the referendum...
...speaker gave no indication whether the vote would also repeal raises for federal judges and top executive branch officials. Members of Congress would see their annual salaries jump from $89,500 to $135,000 under the proposal...
...civil war is an ethnic, economic and religious struggle between the north, home to 75% of the population, most of the wealth and all of the national government, and the south, which resents at once the north's control and its neglect. The S.P.L.A., dominated by Dinka tribesmen, demands repeal of Shari'a, or Islamic law, and establishment of provincial parliaments. But the plight of the largely Christian and animist tribesmen in the south has worsened dramatically since January, when the S.P.L.A. launched an offensive, capturing the strategic crossroads town of Kapoeta and about a dozen smaller towns...