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■ It’s just like old times: a German socialist government cooperating with Moscow to crush Poland. But the older crowd had better uniforms.

■ Dec. 23, 1999 (AP)—U.S. District Judge Candace Bigelow followed judicial precedent today in ruling that states could rescind their support for the Equal Rights Amendment, now in its seventh congressional extension. Thirty-two of the 35 “pro”-ERA states have rescinded so far. Judge Bigelow’s ruling did not surprise feminists, who had sought to remove her from the case, on the grounds that she was married to a man and therefore biased. Eleanor Smeal, president of NOOW (National Organization of Older Women), vowed to continue the fight “with my dying breath, if necessary.”

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■ It’s just like old times: a German socialist government cooperating with Moscow to crush Poland. But the older crowd had better uniforms.

■ Dec. 23, 1999 (AP)—U.S. District Judge Candace Bigelow followed judicial precedent today in ruling that states could rescind their support for the Equal Rights Amendment, now in its seventh congressional extension. Thirty-two of the 35 “pro”-ERA states have rescinded so far. Judge Bigelow’s ruling did not surprise feminists, who had sought to remove her from the case, on the grounds that she was married to a man and therefore biased. Eleanor Smeal, president of NOOW (National Organization of Older Women), vowed to continue the fight “with my dying breath, if necessary.”