Word: states
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Church and State...
...will pay for the papal visit, especially for the 150-foot platform and altar to be constructed on Boston Common. Some Protestant groups and Massachusetts Civil Liberties Union officials have said that if the city pays for the entire visit, Boston will be violating the separation of church and state guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution. The Boston City Council earlier this week debated whether to appropriate $150,000 for four platforms and a choir performance on the common...
John Paul II will be protected in Boston by cordons of national guardsmen, state police, Metropolitan District Commission officers, Registry of Motor Vehicles officers, Capitol Police and Secret Service agents...
...attempt to open the tests to public scrutiny and to begin answering some of these questions is currently meeting stiff and unwarranted opposition. New York state this year enacted the nation's first "truth in testing" law requiring Education Testing Services (ETS) and other, smaller testing services to mail a student his corrected exam on request...
...first, ETS hinted it would boycott New York, forcing students to travel to Connecticutt or New Jersey for the exams. But after considering the economic effects of such a move, ETS decided to stay in the state, with the proviso that prices may increase and service...