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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Were NOW and the other groups actually to take that plunge, they could pose a formidable threat in many local and state campaigns. NOW has already flexed its muscles in the state legislatures, frustrating attempts to toughen abortion laws following recent Supreme Court decisions. Joined together with other liberal groups, NOW could very well launch credible--if not successful--runs at national office, even the presidency...
...competitive out there and this additional 5 percent is going to make it harder for Massachusetts firms to compete in an already competitive marketplace," said a controller of a local architectural firm, who preferred not to be identified...
...statement approved by Reform rabbis. While heterosexual marriage was declared to be the "ideal," same-sex relationships were deemed acceptable for those with no "conscious choice" but to be homosexual. The statement also welcomes "all rabbis regardless of sexual orientation," asking gay clergy for "discretion," not celibacy. Local synagogues were urged not to probe the sexuality of rabbinical candidates. Samuel Karff, the Reform rabbis' president, explained that his denomination weighs "not only the sacred text of Torah but also the knowledge of our own time and experience...
...ironies, of course, begin to multiply as soon as a life comes unraveled: in retrospect, everything seems an augury. One night before, the local TV station had announced that the conditions -- 106 degrees heat, gale-force winds and drought-stricken hills -- were the best for a fire in 100 years. That day, at lunch, I had been talking with a friend whose mother had just died, about the pathos of going through old belongings. And when, at the optician's office that evening, my doctor stepped out to go and sniff at what he thought might be a fire...
...former senior V.P. at Denver's bankrupt Silverado S&L, he was hired to handle asset marketing for the local office of the agency formed to deal with the mess. Later, red-faced officials tried to fire him but were stymied by federal rules. So he sits at home on leave, collecting his full salary...