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35 years ago in reason.


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1. Involving bigamy.

2. Guilty of bigamy.



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 thinking many of the older people, particularly those on Social Security, would tend to join together in some kind of living form."

--"The Future of Marriage: An Interview With Robert Rimmer"

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 trade-off that more lives will be saved by airbags that work than will be lost due to inevitable misfiring--ergo, airbags are good and can be legitimately forced on everybody."

--"Publisher's Notes"

"Now that 17 states have liberalized their anti-abortion laws, popular attitudes are changing rapidly. An Opinion Research Corporation survey reported that 49% of those polled in a recent survey (men and women over 16) favor unrestricted abortion, 42% opposed. Only three years ago 80% was opposed when the same question was asked."

--"The Right to an Abortion"

--December 1971
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Title Annotation:Citings
Publication:Reason
Date:Dec 1, 2006
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