Word: equal
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...last two weeks, women have suffered a pair of tragic defeats: the Supreme Court ruled that poor women need not be given money for abortions, and the Republican party platform committee decided to end its 40-year committment to the Equal Rights Amendment. But the struggle to liberate women, and men, and to make the female presence a part of all our history will continue...
...sterling's strong exchange rate against the dollar make Miami a splendid buy. According to the U.S. Travel Service, 1.25 million British tourists will visit the U.S. this year, a 25% increase over 1979. It is the first time since World War II that their numbers will about equal those of Americans visiting the now hideously expensive...
...trillion cu. ft. of gas. While other countries are leasing and exploring about 40% of all the coastal land outside the U.S., less than 5% of our own offshore land has been explored. We think the undiscovered oil off the shore of Alaska alone is equal to the entire known reserves of the U.S. today-about 27 billion...
Isaac Stern plays strings and pulls them with equal gusto...
...compassionate, spins healing magic. The term chinamen is a literal and figurative slur, a squeezing to gether of words for the purpose, intended or not, of diminution. China Men puts the pause back where it belongs. Maxine Hong Kingston, a woman warrior indeed, stares down her men in equal combat; ultimately, this granddaughter, daughter and sister helps them win the respect their dignity deserves. -Paul Gray...