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...fairly moderate, reasonable person, I was not at first insulted by the Augusta National Golf Club's decision not to admit women members. However, after reading "Getting Teed Off" [Business, Sept. 16], I changed my mind. The position of the club that gender diversity doesn't carry the same imperative as ethnic or racial diversity is despicable. How nice for the club to be the one to categorize which types of discrimination are acceptable and which are not. Its members display the ignorant beliefs of the white male establishment. They have never been on the other side of such demeaning...
...candidates as their regular ones—for example, the University of Pennsylvania accepted 39 percent of students who applied early decision last year and just 17.6 percent of regular applicants. Many schools say it is no easier to get in early decision than regular, arguing that the higher admit rate is due to the comparative strength of the early pool. Others say they are more likely to admit students who have identified their school as a first choice. But the numbers don’t lie, and the system encourages students who may not know exactly where they want...
...Crimson is coming off a hard-fought 2-1 win over Providence last Tuesday, in a game where even the players admit they lacked energy...
It’s a little embarrassing to admit. After all, the Tigers haven’t had a winning season since my brother and I were dressing up as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles...
...wants to publicly admit that Iraq and the U.N. are playing a game. Journalists and diplomats who take Iraq’s latest moves seriously are either dishonest or remarkably dense. Does anyone really find it hard to believe that Saddam Hussein prefers to prolong his life rather than face certain destruction at the hands of the most destructive military force ever created? Hussein will work with the U.N. because convincing a huge multinational bureaucracy to dither and delay is much more rewarding that having your house blown...