Word: adds
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...past decade, as the Justices of the Supreme Court have wrestled with the vexing dilemmas of affirmative action, they have produced a string of splintered and often confusing rulings. At first glance, the affirmativeaction decisions handed down last week by the high court seemed only to add to the muddle. The cases, one involving Cleveland fire fighters and the other a New York sheet-metal-workers union, were quite different, and the court's rulings were reached by narrow and shifting majorities, as some Justices agreed with parts of one opinion but not others. However, the twin decisions were resoundingly...
...first time ever, that federal judges may set goals and timetables requiring employers guilty of past discrimination to hire or promote specific numbers of minorities, even if the jobs go to people who are not themselves the proven victims of bias. The rulings, written by Justice William Brennan, add up to a strong endorsement of affirmative action...
...Tapas is being naturalized," says the trim-bearded, tall-toqued chef. "We include many non-Spanish dishes. Anything that suits the idea." He cites such Italian entries as pasta, salads of mozzarella, basil and tomato, and caponata, the Sicilian eggplant relish. Add to that the steak tartare, fish chowder and salmon with aquavit and dill served at the Tapas Restaurant located in north Cambridge, Mass., and it is clear that tapas have be come all-around citizens of the world...
Critics and viewers alike have hailed it as the best movie musical ever made. Now two of its biggest fans, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Connor, plan to add up the magic numbers of their 34-year-old MGM hit, Singin' in the Rain, plus many others, during an eight-month tour of the U.S., Britain and Australia beginning next winter. Reynolds, who has been touring with her own show on the variety circuit, phoned O'Connor, who had been appearing in a nostalgia-trip revival of Showboat, and the two tried out their act in a smash stint three...
...more gifts we get, the more lavish a party we will be able to give for the undergraduates," said Coletta. If the committee is able to raise enough money, they may add an outdoor dance on Thursday to the weekend's schedule...