A pair of bills sponsored by Massachusetts state Senator Jason Lewis and House Speaker Pro Tempore Patricia Haddad, to ensure "gender parity" on boards and commissions, provide a case in point.

马萨诸塞州参议员贾森·刘易斯和众议院临时议长帕特丽夏·哈达德为确保董事会和委员会中的 “性别平等” 而提出的两项议案就是一个很好的例子。

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Emily's father also served in powerful positions on the General Court of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts State Senate, and the United States House of Representatives.

艾米莉的父亲还担任了马萨诸塞州总法院强大的立场，马萨诸塞州参议院和美国众议院。

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So much so, in fact, that he ordered the signing of that bill carved into stone in the Massachusetts State House tradition.

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Even back then, reporters covering the Massachusetts State House could anticipate carefully crafted statements by Romney on any social issue likely to come up when he shared the dais with Republican presidential primary rivals.

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In the decade from 1795 to 1806 for Boston alone he designed the Massachusetts State House and three houses for Harrison Gray Otis (each more original than its predecessor), and worked on a theater, prison, hospital and wharves.

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