Word: validity
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Because I know the possibilities open to the severely disabled, I am greatly disturbed by Whose Life Is It Anyway? The picture of quadriplegia that is portrayed in the play, of the immobile helpless patient, is no longer valid...
...special forces troops really run the show. Certainly, the counter-insurgency techniques resemble those used in Vietnam. The latest U.S. policy statements, in late summer, indicated support for Duarte's 1982 election plan, and opposition to negotiations with the rebels, the course so many European nations have advised. How valid elections can be held when public opponents of exploitation are routinely murdered was not explained. Enough, the State Department says, that El Salvador is "committed to democracy...
...number of corporations are urging employees to get things off their chests by going directly to the boss on hot lines or through the mail. Firms have devised programs with catchy names such as Expressline, Speak Up! and Open Door that guarantee confidentiality and offer assurances of action on valid complaints...
...ratification process is not susceptible to public referendum. "If so it would have been passed years ago," Sally Lunt, vice chairman for the National Women's Caucus, said yesterday. It is a matter of how many state legislators vote for the bill but "lobbying pressure on the candidates is valid," she added in reference to the students' efforts. Reiss said she was optimistic that students, and other organizers would have a large impact...
...system say the document itself is too easy to obtain. A criminal typically combs newspaper obituary columns for a suitable death and writes to the deceased's home town for a copy of the birth certificate, the most useful document required to get a passport. Some thieves steal valid passports from unwary travelers. Others bribe U.S. consular employees to issue visas, which citizens of all foreign countries except Canada need to enter...