Word: backgrounders
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...Many people are revolted by the background assumption that black people vote for back people and white people vote for white people,” he said...
...were from families in the bottom 40 percent of income brackets. Moreover, 46 percent of those test-takers scoring over 1420 came from families in the top quintile in income level. Critics of the current SAT believe this demonstrates the degree to which test scores are determined by background and preparation. In fact, this does not actually explain the numbers. A 2005 College Board survey found that, on average, SAT tutoring raised verbal scores a mere 10 points and math scores only about 15-20 points. This is hardly a mind-blowing difference...
Case: Wyeth v. Levine Hearing Date: Nov. 3 Background: Diana Levine of Vermont used the anti-nausea drug Phenergan, manufactured by pharmaceuticals giant Wyeth, via intravenous injection as had been approved by the FDA. The drug came into contact with Levine's arterial blood, causing gangrene; most of her arm eventually had to be amputated. Though Wyeth had recommended "extreme care" in the use of Phenergan intravenously, the Supreme Court of Vermont ruled that Wyeth could have, and should have, prohibited the use of Phenergen through IV on its labels. Wyeth was not barred from making labeling changes...
Case: Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations Hearing Date: Nov. 4 Background: In 2004, the FCC tightened its policy regarding expletives that had made it on-air during live broadcasts, prohibiting "single uses of vulgar words" where it had previously made allowances for "isolated and fleeting" incidents. The Commission cited three incidents as examples: Fox's 2002 and 2003 broadcasts of the Billboard Awards and NBC's 2003 broadcast of the Golden Globes. In 2006, the FCC issued an "omnibus order" reiterating its ban on single-use violations. Fox complained to the Second Circuit Court, citing the First Amendment...
Case: Ashcroft, Former Attorney General v. Iqbal Hearing Date: Dec. 10 Background: Javaid Iqbal, a Pakistani man living and working in New York, was arrested on credit card fraud charges after the Sept. 11 attacks. While in custody in the maximum security section of Metropolitan Detention Center, Iqbal allegedly received "gross mistreatment." After being deported, he filed suit against the prison and FBI Director Robert Mueller and former Attorney General John Ashcroft, claiming multiple civil rights violations including that the officials "designed, or at least approved of, a policy of segregating Arab and Muslim detainees from the general prison population...