Word: alamo
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Brief side trips to the Alamo and the River Walk aside, the Crimson (1-1) did not take advantage of the 70-degree weather, instead staying in the gym and losing to a powerful Stephen F. Austin (2-0) team before defeating Texas-San Antonio (1-1) in overtime...
...California Republican Party's convention. To spur the American team on to its jingoistic, fist-pumping victory, Bush gave a pep talk in which he compared the brave golfers fighting to win a noisome corporate-infested sporting event to the brave men who fought to save the Alamo--the use of the profound in service of the mundane...
Many civil rights lawyers agree that the University of Michigan could be the Alamo of affirmative action, the place where they make their last stand. Michigan's affirmative-action programs, especially at its prestigious law school, are among the best in the country--designed not only to produce diverse student bodies but also to withstand the sort of right-wing onslaughts, in the courts or at the polls, that have outlawed the use of racial preferences in California, Washington and other states. That's why so much is riding on two lawsuits filed by whites who claim that they were...
...graduates and their white counterparts. The minorities have become part of the mainstream. That kind of inclusion is precisely what affirmative action is supposed to accomplish. If enough folks like Gerald Ford can be convinced that Michigan's way of achieving it is not only effective but fair, the Alamo of affirmative action might result in victory--for the defenders...
Women's soccer won't be equal until the women's pay is equal to what the men earn. Anything else is just talk. FRAN CHUBA Alamo, Calif...