Word: wade
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ACORN was founded by community organizer Wade Rathke in 1970, in Little Rock, Arkansas. Rathke, who had worked as an organizer for the National Welfare Rights Organization in Missouri, wanted to start a group that worked with an entire community, not just welfare recipients. The early version of ACORN helped people obtain clothing and furniture; it campaigned for schools to provide healthy, affordable lunches and promoted Vietnam Veterans' rights. Since then the organization has branched out into housing and workers' rights advocacy; it has helped hundreds of thousands of working-class and poor citizens obtain home loans, register to vote...
...time, pro-choice leaders and legislators across Illinois joined Obama in making this argument. "It would have completely eviscerated Roe v. Wade," says Pam Sutherland, who was president of the state's Planned Parenthood chapter at the time. "[The] bills were so unclear that it would have been litigated forever." Obama was not alone in heeding these concerns. More than 20 other senators joined Obama in opposing one of the early versions of the Born Alive bill...
...having a passport until 2006 —you don’t need a passport to hear briefings about countries, and with the economic meltdown, we have enough issues at home. I could live with her strong anti-abortion stance—even if Roe v. Wade falls, plenty of states will still keep abortion legal. I could even live with the fact that she inspires strange Oedipal-like feelings in me because of her resemblance to the teacher/stripper in Varsity Blues—it’s just the consequence of some childhood trauma that...
...tiny town in Alaska she was aware of the "Senate speeches" of a just-elected senator from Delaware is made by •"choice" to be gay was made by unnamed lesbian friend of •debate audience is winked at by •ignorance of all non-Roe V. Wade Supreme Court cases is displayed by •increase in powers of vice president is desired by •"maverick" is repeatedly uttered in debate by •"nucular" is repeatedly uttered in debate by •removal of from Republican ticket is urged by former supporter of •self is identified as "normal...
...showing could convince women that she represents a historic opportunity to break the political glass ceiling. And expectations for her performance couldn't be much lower; after her unsteady performance in interviews with Katie Couric (including an apparent inability to name any Supreme Court cases other than Roe v. Wade that she disagreed with), Palin could go a long way to restoring her credibility with a strong showing in an unstructured format...