Word: states
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Honecker's replacement, 52-year-old Egon Krenz, has a reputation as a hard-liner opposed to the growing pro-democracy movement. The state-run news agency ADN said Krenz will take over as Communist Party chief, head of state and head of the military, replacing his mentor in all three roles...
...Illinois this week, parties in a case to be heard by the Supreme Court in December are attempting to negotiate a solution to their disagreement. The case centers around state regulations that require abortion clinics to meet strict and expensive standards...
COURTS have also been predictably unreliable in pay equity cases. In California, a federal judge recently dismissed a California State Employees' Association's claim that jobs held mostly by women paid less than comparable jobs held by men. That case involved 60,000 workers. A similar case was dismissed in Michigan...
...defenders of pay equity say that grass roots movements have forced state legislatures to establish pay equity funds. Six states have already established equity programs, despite the courts' decisions...
...want to be very sensitive to the state of the community," Vincent said. "Our modest little sport of baseball doesn't mean much at this time. It's a very difficult time for San Francisco...