Don't Cut the ADA.Washington Washington, town, England Washington, town (1991 pop. 48,856), Sunderland metropolitan district, NE England. Washington was designated one of the new towns in 1964 to alleviate overpopulation in the Tyneside-Wearside area. , D.C. The Reverend Jesse Jesse (jĕs`ē), in the Bible, the descendant of Rahab, the grandson of Boaz and Ruth, and the father of David. Referring to the restoration of the Davidic monarchy, the Book of Isaiah speaks of a shoot coming from the "stump of Jesse. Jackson's speech is interpreted in sign language at a disability rights rally held on October 3. Protesters gathered in the nation's capital to urge the Supreme Court not to restrict the Americans with Disabilities Act Americans with Disabilities Act, U.S. civil-rights law, enacted 1990, that forbids discrimination of various sorts against persons with physical or mental handicaps. . For more information, call Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Inc., at (510) 644-2555, or go to www.dredf.org. |
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