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By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyThere are historical turning points that you recognize as you're living through them, such as the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and then there are world-changing moments that only emerge in hindsight. Take the day Rep. Howard Smith of Virginia proposed that women as well as minorities should be protected against job discrimination in the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He likely meant it as a joke, Gail Collins writes in her new book, never dreaming it would be adopted or enforced. But it was, and oh my, where it has led us. ...
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