Word: equalized
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...despite the fervor of a few right-wing ideologues, who were chiefly responsible for the hard-line platform planks against abortion, the Equal Rights Amendment and school busing for racial desegregation, Reagan's convention managers and a majority of the delegates were determined to keep anyone from bolting the party as the moderates did in 1964. Most conservatives and their presidential nominee are now more tolerant of doctrinal differences within the party, and they are anxious to broaden its base. Put differently, winning is more fun than losing. Said Arizona Congressman John Rhodes, the convention's permanent chairman: "Four years...
Reagan also worried a bit about Bush's advocacy of the Equal Rights Amendment and his opposition to a constitutional amendment that would ban abortion, stands that arouse the passionate dislike of some of Reagan's followers. Finally, says one Republican National Committee official, Reagan by last Wednesday "was getting sick and tired of having George Bush's name shoved down his throat by his staff...
...government waste has a certain intuitive appeal, based on the popular notion that our government controls our everyday lives. But there are no assurances he will be able to isolate the inefficiency, and to keep his pledge, he might purge valuable social programs. His stands on abortion and the equal rights amendment smack of regress--a renewal of some of the less fortuitous features of the "American compact." His palatable personality alone is not sufficient to dispel legitimate fears about his warped social priorities...
...militant element of the G.O.P. right wing still seems determined to assert its strength even if it hurts the party and the party's new leader. It was an indication that for some true believers, ideology is still more important than winning an election. Their special target was the Equal Rights Amendment. Reagan aides had already watered down the party's traditional support of ERA, which runs through most conventions back to 1940.* But that was not good enough for the right-wingers. By an overwhelming 90 to 9, they pushed through a platform plank saying that the matter should...
...extreme case, a personal loner and a legal maverick. Yet he has won the respect of the other Justices for his originality and ability to find new angles on old ideas (he once casually asked a clerk to "rethink" the history and meaning of the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause). Says one of his colleagues: "If there is any conceivable new way to approach a case or a legal issue, he'll find...