Word: startingly
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...dissent in the contracting-quotas case by reading it aloud. He accused the court majority in effect of endorsing "racism," and he practically spat out the word. Justice John Paul Stevens added that if race is to be a criterion for receiving public funds, the Government will have to start spelling out who belongs to what race. He bitterly suggested as a model a Nazi law defining who is to be considered...
...confusion over whether or not Reagan should retain Bill Brock as chairman of the Republican National Committee. First he wanted to keep him on; then some aides said Brock had to go; finally Reagan kept him after all. The campaign in the states is off to an ominously slow start because of a lack of direction at headquarters. Last week aides somehow failed to pass along an invitation to Reagan to address the N.A.A.C.P. convention in Miami. Reagan does not often appear before black groups and may not have wanted to go to Miami anyway. But he unnecessarily offended...
...there is indeed bias, among those responsible for it are orthopedists, who are conventional medicine's chief authorities on the back. When consulted by patients, these and other back specialists will usually start off with some rigorous questioning. When and how did the pain begin? Where is it now located? What treatments have been tried? Do other family members have similar difficulties? The doctor will also inquire closely into the patient's general health, past illnesses, work and leisure activities, even sexual habits. Orthopedic Surgeon J. William Fielding of New York City's St. Luke...
...Start calling the conventions the semifinals or the playoffs...
...this clamor about separating sports and politics? Where would the media be? Might the promoters of the summer conventions be confusing liberty and license by fixing the races before they even start...