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Jewett's decision will revert house assignment to the system of lottery number and choice in place since the early 1970s. However, the College will not rescind the decision to with-hold lottery numbers from students, which had been the custom since the 1985 lottery...

Author: By Lisa A. Taggart, | Title: Lottery Plan Reversed | 3/2/1989 | See Source »

Wright's disingenuous scheme is by no means certain of approval by the Senate, where foes have abandoned hope of preventing the pay hike and will instead try to rescind it fully some weeks or months from now. The Senators' ardor, however, may subside once those fatter paychecks begin landing on their desks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Games Congress Plays | 2/13/1989 | See Source »

Senate Ways and Means Committee Chair Patricia MacGovern (D-Lawrence), whose committee must approve the budget, has requested that Dukakis rescind his proposal and overhaul the plan before resubmitting...

Author: By Michael J. Bonin, | Title: Budget Woes, Gubernatorial Race Dominate State Political Scene | 2/1/1989 | See Source »

...Dukakis' rivals for the Democratic nomination, Tennessee Senator Al Gore, who first unearthed the furlough policy as a campaign issue. The fact that it was inaugurated by Dukakis' Republican predecessor is irrelevant. As Governor, Dukakis stubbornly resisted attempts to rescind furloughs for first-degree murderers until a drive to ban such leaves through a state referendum gathered steam. By then, the presidential-primary season was under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush's Most Valuable Player | 11/14/1988 | See Source »

...1970s, Schlafly stunned the National Organization for Women (NOW) and a liberal congress by derailing the Equal Rights Amendment. Schlafly led Stop ERA, the grass-roots organization which helped convince state legislatures from Illinois to Florida to vote against the ERA, and persuaded others to rescind their support...

Author: By Frank E. Lockwood, | Title: Schlafly the Homemaker | 8/15/1988 | See Source »

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