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...added that many who signed postcards knew little about the national status of abortion rights, and that the educational function of the tabling proved effective...
During the past 15 years, a vigorous body of scholarship in humanities, social sciences and life sciences has begun to illuminate the political, cultural, economic, and social roles of women, to assess the contributions of women to society and culture, and to analyze the function of gender in a wide spectrum of societies and cultures. Under the broad rubric of Women's Studies, that scholarship has both produced new knowledge and revised our understanding of established information and modes of thought Scholars have tapped neglected resources that reveal women's experiences, and have brought to the forefront often forgotten texts...
...always concluded that interpretation and enforcement of the rules should also be its responsibility. All voting members of the Board are, therefore, people of sufficient experience, both in years and in level of educational attainment, to be Faculty members, representing the Faculty as a whole in this essential function...
...have expressed even mild opposition to the government. The measures have raised fears that the military leaders of NATO's easternmost member may renege on their pledge. Says the often pro-government columnist Metin Toker: "Whatever they do, it will not create an atmosphere in which democracy can function smoothly...
...issue involved on which there is a semblance of agreement is the definition of death. Traditionally, a person had been considered medically and legally dead when his heart and lungs stopped. Today, however, machines can prolong these visible signs of life even after the brain has ceased to function. The standards for determining "brain death," set forth by a 1968 Harvard Medical School report on irreversible coma, are now widely accepted among medical professionals. Thirty-one states and the District of Columbia have brain-death statutes...