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the Toledo National Organization for Women and its pursuit  Between the years 1972 and 1982, the ERA's rank on Toledo NOW's priority schema ..... stipulation included.8 The problem for the ERA before the 1970s was that it had no ... year supported it, but there was no one, unified group that made passage of .... right at the top of the list was Equal Rights Constitutional Amendment.
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American Women: THE LONG ROAD TO EQUALITY: WHAT ...  At a National Organization for Women (NOW) rally in Lafayette Park, across ... their wives, that women would be drafted, and that toilets would be made unisex? ... removed until passage of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, when a high ..... in the 1970s and 1980s, moved toward a more rigorous standard of review in...
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Failure of the Equal Rights Amendment: The Feminist Fight of the ...  Sep 22, 2014 ... This week's fashion theme is Get Your 1970s Groove On. After the ratification ... Groups like the National Organization of Women (NOW) were compelling advocates for the ERA, claiming that its passage was necessary because the Constitution does not ... Email (required) (Address never made public).
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"Do We Discard Protective Legislation for Women?": Two Labor ...  ... especially the National Organization for Women (NOW), made the ERA priority. The 1960s and 1970s saw important legislation enacted to address sex ... I believe that the amendment is not only undemocratic and its effects will bring ... that created the conditions for the passage of the Volstead Act. But now that the dust...
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National Organization for Women (NOW) | American organization ...  NOW American activist organization (founded 1966) that promotes equal rights for ... Its major concern during the 1970s was passage of a national Equal Rights...
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Report of the 1977 UNCITRAL Committee of the Whole I relating to ...  Jul 13, 2007 ... At its 4th meeting, on 25 May 1977, the Committee elected Mr. Jorge ... The Committee also established several ad hoc groups for the purpose of reaching ... (a) The Committee deleted, in paragraph (1) of article 23, the words "[in the ... the Secretary-General to renumber the articles of the draft Convention.
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Public Works Administration - The George Washington University  Created by the National Industrial Recovery Act on June 16, 1933, the Public Works Administration (PWA) budgeted several billion dollars to be spent on the construction of public works as a means of providing employment, stabilizing purchasing power, improving public welfare, and contributing to a revival of American ...
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Jeopary Questions page 755 - POTENT PORTABLES - TriviaBistro ...  U.S. GOVERNMENT: In 1971, this agency left the Cabinet & became a non-profit ... he was "chiefly" responsible for instituting busing to end school segregation.
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executive session - Congressional Record | Congress.gov | Library ...  Jan 22, 2003 ... Entire Issue (PDF) ... Under the previous order, the Senate will now go into executive ... Tom Ridge to be the first Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. ... It is the most important reorganization since Congress created the ..... the Coast Guard and all those Federal agencies--ATF, Secret Service,...
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What Myanmar Means for the U.S.-Japan Alliance - Carnegie ...  Sep 9, 2014 ... If Myanmar had gone through this process in the 1960s or 1970s, the ... among other principles.7 This dynamic is juxtaposed with Myanmar serving as .... To address the debt issue, Japan's Ministry of Finance organized a series ..... these meetings take place at the assistant secretary/director general level...
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Eyes Wide Open - The New York Times  Trade and enterprise have expanded beyond all reckoning. ... But the belief in transformation and advancement, in a constantly increasing ... Say, then, that the most important idea of this millennium was set in motion by a man .... Rising to his feet after recanting to the authorities, as legend has it, he muttered the words that...
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International Labour Organization - Wikipedia  The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency dealing with labour ... In 1969, the organization received the Nobel Peace Prize for improving peace ... The Governing Body decides the agenda of the International Labour .... Despite the American boycott, the Bern meeting went ahead as scheduled.
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DEA History 1975-1980  In April 1975, the DEA created the first of its central tactical units. (CENTAC) to .... Herrera-Herrera, Jr., were arrested in Mexico on drug charges .... increase in heroin seized from Southwest Asia. ..... By the mid-1970s, Miami had become the drug capital of the ..... of Narcotics Control Board and DEA Case Agent Paul.
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have osha standards kept up with workplace hazards?  [House Hearing, 110 Congress] [From the U.S. Government Printing Office] HAVE .... One of the most important roles that it gave the new agency was to develop ... The standards that OSHA has established have saved literally thousands of lives. ..... Safety and Health Act (OSH Act) was enacted in 1970 to protect employees...
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Section 2. PRECEDE/PROCEED - Community Tool Box - The ...  In this section, we'll look at PRECEDE-PROCEED, the first of several specific models .... the purpose of any proactive type of community intervention  is to improve the ..... are treated, and how the organization views its work and its mission.
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About Public Citizen  Since our founding in 1971, we have delved into an array of areas, but our work on each issue shares an overarching goal: To ensure that all citizens are...
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The Ford Pinto Case and the Development of Auto Safety ...  along with well-known consumer advocate Ralph Nader, held a press confer- ence in Washington, D.C. on August 10, 1977, to draw national attention to the ... THE FORD PINTO AND AUTO SAFETY REGULATIONS / 391 ... In fact, prior to 1966 the federal government .... another word for progress" [U.S. Congress, 1972, p.
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Thirtysomething bridge gets a new life | Roads & Bridges  Dec 28, 2000 ... About the same time the median was replaced with a traffic barrier, ... plans for the reconstruction of the aging and deficient Blatnik Bridge. ... This time the lead agency status went to Minnesota. ..... Decking operations quickly followed steel erection. ... In a single shift, over 800 ft of top-quality rail was cast.
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Bald eagles coming off threatened list - US news - Environment ...  Jun 28, 2007 ... Jump to video Bald eagle comeback. video ... He credited the 1973 Endangered Species Act for saving the bird. ... which has been under attack in recent years from business groups and some members of Congress, can work. ... In addition to being our national symbol, the bald eagle is now a symbol of...
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BILL ARCHER'S TOUGH TARGET - The Washington Post  May 23, 1997 ... Now as chairman of the committee, Archer must deliver on the most volatile ... In the budget wrangling between Republicans and the White House over ... affront to the Ways and Means committee and Congress, and threatened to ... and succeeded George Bush as representative for the 7th District in 1970.
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changing the equation - ArtTable  organization started with twelve members in 1980, after the Women's Art ..... Dana Women Artists Series was initiated at the Mabel Smith Douglass ... Museums could issue such a declaration promising to end dis- ...... high crest of the Feminist movement: Betty Friedan's book The ...... The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in.