Word: problems
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...first it seemed that physique would be the only problem. Most women have less upper-body strength than men. If women are judged by the same physical standards as men, most will fail. So the Point substituted the flexed-arm hang for pull-ups. For bayonet training, it equipped the women with a lighter rifle, the 6.5-lb. M-16 instead of the 9-lb. M-14. Separate track and swimming events for women were added to intramural tournaments in place of the contact sports in which women may not take part (football, boxing and wrestling...
...money that the acceptance of large numbers of refugees entails. By one official estimate, each thousand refugees will cost the U.S. $5 million in welfare and health aid, $2 million in food stamps and another $2 million for transportation. The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled hearings on the refugee problem this week...
Censorship also essentially skirts the problem of attitudes. If people are forbidden from viewing pornography, this does not necessarily mean their attitudes will change. The definition of women as passive, masochistic, and dependent is so pervasive, so ingrained in us on so many levels, that simply eliminating one link in the reinforcing culture will not be effective. Instead, we must work to make porn's portrayal of women--objectified, brutalized, and degraded--as offensive to most people's tastes as would be the portrayal for entertainment of the lynching of Blacks or Hitler's "Final Solution...
...little history may be in order. Jawaharlal Nehru, the Prime Minister of India, first used the term "third world" to refer to a group of non-aligned, developing countries that united in an effort to focus world attention away from the cold war rivalry of the superpowers to the problem of inequitable resource distribution between the rich and the poor nations. Culturally, these Third World countries have little in common; their economic and apolitic demands are what unites them...
Opening day, Toronto, April 1977: About 45,000 fans, formerly hockey devotees cram Exhibition Stadium by the shores of Lake Ontario to witness the Blue Jays' home debut. Souvenir ticket stubs go for a buck, cokes for 95 cents. One minor problem delays the game: the field is blanketed in snow...