Word: lessening
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Public financing of congressional campaigns would not only open the field to candidates without big money connections, but also would lessen the significance of Political Action Committees and influential donors for those candidates who do rely on them. As in the public financing laws regulating presidential campaigns, such a measure would include matching funds provided by a checkoff on income tax returns and a cap on total expenditures...
...Sullivan said that it will establish unnecessary tenure for the city manager and will lessen his accountability to the council and the constituents by limiting the elected officials' ability to evaluate his performance...
...government were to divest of all holdings in South Africa, perhaps it would lessen the chances of a violent, bloody overthrow of the white supremacist government, and pave the way for a peaceful solution. If, on the other hand, Harvard were to divest, the economic consequences would not be so great. Apartheid could easily survive without Harvard's $416 million worth of investments. But Harvard's divestment nevertheless could make a powerful political and moral statement, a necessary step on the way to national sanctions. And it is especially necessary if Bok's lobbying is to have any effect...
...increasingly tense political climate of Nicaragua, however, it is becoming more difficult to say what that role should be. Some Catholics urge the Cardinal to try harder to heal the Nicaraguan church's internal rift, which in turn might lessen tensions with the government. Others advise him to speak out against repression even more forcefully. Says Activist Exile Baltodano: "The government of Nicaragua is still sensitive to international pressure." Considering the irreconcilable forces at play, continued confrontation between Obando and the Sandinistas seems virtually inevitable...
...number of men who would major in women's studies is not a measure of its academic worth. Just as women are still discouraged somewhat from majoring in engineering (does the paucity of women majoring in engineering lessen its academic validity, Jeff), men may certainly be discouraged from majoring in women's studies because of the negative attitudes of those such as Jeff Wise who will question their academic worth if not their masculinity. However, for the record, I am a student in Gen Ed 100, Intorduction to Women's Studies, and there are at least five or six male...