Word: submitted
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...faced a problem: a form that asked her to specify her race. Instead of filling in the blank, she left the question unanswered. School officials politely suggested that she make a choice, since the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights requires all public school systems to submit racial data on their students. Mahin, who had attended private schools since moving to Greensboro in 1985, just as politely declined. She and her parents, both born in the U.S., follow the Bahai religious faith. Explained her mother Brenda Mahin: "Our family believes very strongly in the oneness of mankind...
Specifically, University officials say they might submit to some type of boundary arrangement, which would prevent the University from buying land in certain parts of Allston-Brighton...
...party apparatus and its privileges, he urged that the "word nomenklatura" -- a reference to the 3 million or so holders of top jobs allocated by the party -- "be dropped from our lexicon." Yeltsin also called for election of a new Central Committee and demanded that the President submit to an annual vote of confidence, warning that if power continued to be concentrated in the hands of one man, "we may find ourselves captives of a new authoritarian regime...
...time] issue is not about the number of lawyers," says Allen. "Each party wants to submit substantial details that support their case...
...Supporters of Proposition 1-2-3, a measure allowing some tenants in rent-controlled housing to convert their apartments to condominiums, submit a petition with 7000 signatures to the city Election Commission, calling for a ballot referendum. The 1-2-3 proponents have actually collected more than 15,000 signatures, enough to force a special election on the question, but they decide that their chances of victory will be greater in a regular election. On election day, canvassers are paid to collect signatures in support...