Word: perfunctorv
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...chaired by New York Democrat Emanuel Celler, 83, a veteran civil rights advocate, opened hearings on a constitutional amendment, proposed in no fewer than 30 versions, that would ban busing for racial purposes. Confident that the Administration was also opposed to such an amendment, Celler had planned only perfunctorv hearings, expecting the matter to die swiftly. Now, not at all sure of Nixon's eventual stand (the President last week was studying the matter in Key Biscayne), Celler decided to hold more extensive hearings in hopes of convincing the President that amending the Constitution would be legally unsound...