Word: statements
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...This statement is offered without accompaniment by any data. Sneider seems to neglect the fact that the poverty level among Americans fell from the 1960s until the early 1980s The rise in poverty in the 1980s coincided with former President Ronald Reagan's dismantling of Great Society programs...
...cares about Boston and his continued attention to the affairs of the city is a great reassurance to its citizens," Silber said in a statement. "The concerns of Mayor Flynn are shared by all the people of Boston...
Slowly but surely, Americans' attitudes towards gays and lesbians are changing. In October 1989, a Gallup poll reported that more Americans agreed than disagreed with the statement that homosexual relations between consenting adults should be legal. Fully 71 percent agreed with the proposition that gays should not be discriminated against in employment--the highest level in years. In the middle of Bisexual Gay Lesbian Awareness Day (BLAD) week--a period intended to raise awareness of the presence of gays and lesbians on campus--we should all be glad that America is on the road to becoming a more tolerant...
Soon it will be the Democrats' turn to wrestle with the issue, despite the fact that the party's nomination will also not be a clear-cut statement on the abortion question...
...statement received justified skepticism from the pro-choice camp, as well as justified disappointment from anti-abortionists who misinterpreted Bellotti's silence on the issue as implied support for their cause...