Word: responded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...growing impatience with state legislatures, which the constituents often feel are lead-footed and overly cautious. Says Robert Hughes, a G.O.P. chairman in the Cleveland area: "People are saying, 'By God, the power is vested in the people, and if the elected officials won't respond to what the people want, then we'll do something about it.' " Many politicians are delighted about the trend, though for a less-than-lofty reason. If an issue is unpopular, putting it on the ballot for the people to decide is an easy way out for the officeholder. Among...
...alone is sufficient cause for instituting it. Should not we as students have the capacity to assess ourselves for an organization we support? People who feel the term bill is a sacred object which should be kept inaccesible to those who pay it may disagree. But a failure to respond to the expressed preference of the majority, when it is costless to the university and non-binding, is an arrogant denial of students' rights. Mary E. Babic '81 Timothy G. Massad...
...preliminary results of Sallan's current research comparing THC and compazine, the regularly-used anti-emetic drug, indicate the marijuana derivative is effective for many patients who do not respond to the conventional drug...
Whatever the accomplishments of Cambridge reformers, the Convention's critics reject the whole idea of a slate. David Clem, independent candidate for city council, said last week the platform "locks the candidates into positions" without enabling them to respond to new evidence bearing on the issues. Clem, who ran with the CC '75 slate, says he wants to "maintain integrity and flexibility, and avoid restricting the city council into knee-jerk reactions...
...Mary began to spend more and more time away at Olduvai, while Louis and Richard pointedly avoided each other. Says Richard: "He was a sick old man at the end of his career, and he found my successes very difficult. I was not old enough or mature enough to respond to that adequately...