Word: stepped
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...House Speaker Jim Wright (D-Texas) said in a statement that Reagan's veto was "wholly unnecessary and it provoked an unnecessary confrontation. The new law will not end illegal discrimination. But it does represent a step forward in making America truly a land of equal opportunity...
...nine members of that squad took team success one step further this weekend in Austin, Tex., where Harvard placed 17th at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships...
...just glad that this man opened his heart to us," said Evelyn Parks, former mayor of Tent City. "He had the courage to step forward," she said...
Mangano noted that Tent City's motto is, "homeless, not helpless." While his department has worked to advice the tenants on finance and employment, he said that "these people really want to be independent." Nevertheless, Mangano said the city is ready to step in and aid the tenants in the event that they cannot afford their rent...
...College and police have done little to step up service for students. Instead, the police went so far as to deny one woman graduate student a ride after dark because, according to chief of Harvard's police, Paul E. Johnson, she was "abusing" the service. Her offense had been to take rides with the escort service six times from Larson Hall to Peabody Terrace after her Wednesday evening class. This denial of protection is an abdication of the police responsibility to protect students, and it must be condemned...