Word: sanction
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...right to work in defense plants. "For almost two centuries our country has taken singular pride in the democratic ideals enshrined in its Constitution," said Chief Justice Earl Warren, who delivered the majority opinion. "It would indeed be ironic if, in the name of national defense, we would sanction the subversion of one of those liberties-the freedom of association-which makes the defense of the nation worthwhile...
...success have initiated changes in both professional and public attitudes. Surgeons who did not want to take the risks attendant upon being first will now attempt transplants. More medically suitable recipients will be willing to accept a transplant with its inevitable hazards. And more people will be willing to sanction the gift of a heart to help an ailing fellow...
Then one demonstartor asked Ansara a series of embarrassing questions about student power. "I want Dow excluded from campus," he said, "but I don't want us to give the Administrative Board the sanction to exclude people from campus. If we gave them that authority, and a majority of students wanted to kick us off campus, where would we stand?" he asked...
...safely sterile abortions. Boston College's Jesuit Theologian-Lawyer Robert F. Drinan contended that even a therapeutic abortion under the model code recommended by the American Law Institute and recently adopted, in essence, by three states means taking a life. To ensure that no abortion should have legal sanction, Father Drinan suggested that the states should repeal all abortion laws...
...compensation. This is America, where a court will sentence a whore to jail and reward an adulterous wife with all manner of "legal" compensation. The American wife-mother is still the greatest answer to prostitution and not punishment by courts. Whores unite! Marry. This will give you legal sanction. Husbands consider! How many families would live in luxury if the household account were increased $10 per minute for Mrs.'s "indiscretions...