Word: subjectively
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...filibuster. It will not recreate the legendary filibusters of the past, however, when tireless orators recited whole books of the Bible while their exhausted colleagues napped on couches in the corridors. More conscious of their collective image nowadays, Senators do stick to debating, however windily, the one and only subject on the agenda. But as Hatch said last week, "Everyone knows that we are now in a period of extended debate." And just how extended? Says Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd, who firmly supports the bill: "We're not going to quit in two weeks-or three weeks...
...tactic failed to separate the pair in the eyes of the jury. After two days of deliberations, both men were found guilty on six of the seven counts of espionage, making them subject to life imprisonment. As for Humphrey's mistress, she was freed last July...
...Vulgarity is a part of life and art," said one student at the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design. He was trying to explain why scandalized officials in Providence should appreciate the new art exhibition staged off-campus last week by the school's students and faculty. Its subject: "Private parts. Any size. Any medium. Any thing. Any one. Any private. Any part...
...action programs that focus on equal rather than preferential treatment. Still, notes one Justice Department official, lawyers asked to help set up affirmative action programs are "telling their clients to sit tight" and wait for the Bakke decision. Said the official: "The lawyers are telling them they could be subject to reverse-discrimination suits, and they just aren't willing to take the chance...
However, he outlined two views on the subject. On one hand, he said, those who believe that the only solution to South African's problems will be a violent overthrow of the current regime call for corporate withdrawal, hoping that the resulting economic chaos will hasten the government's collapse...