Word: social
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What sometimes gets lost in the midst of all this legal jargon is that Bork is on the wrong side of the single most important social issue dividing people in this country today--the right to reproductive freedom. Bork has said that he opposes abortion and that he considers the famed Roe v. Wade decision ill-reasoned. These statements are very important because the court is at its most powerful when setting the social policy of the country...
Reagan nominated Bork because the judge meshes with the conservative social views that the president holds and has presented to the electorate. Insight Magazine, published by The Washington Times, the right-wing newspaper, clearly captured Reagan's motives in their head-line on a cover story that came out when Bork first was nominated. It read, "Bork: Reagan Decides to Do Battle...
Officer Reuben Dottin, one of the 15 who failed, recalled a precinct-house version of The Paper Chase. He said he studied for an entire year--"I gave up my social life and everything"--before failing...
...conference, which is sponsored annually by the Russian Research Center and the Nieman Foundation, discussed Gorbachev's social and political initiatives, including those in education, science and technology, and alcohol abuse...
Fernandez is a Social Studies concentrator from Las Vegas, Nev., and Shlipak is a Social Anthropology concentrator from Dallas...