Word: banning
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...California farmers do not harvest grapes year-round. From late November until May, all grapes sold and consumed in the United States are imported from foreign countries, in most cases South American nations. Therefore, a ban on grapes at Harvard during the school year would hurt foreign producers more than it would hurt the California producers that are targeted...
...fact, Cohen's documents are at the heart of a potential landmark lawsuit that could ban the use of race in college admissions. CIR is representing a group of white students turned down by the University of Michigan who, it contends, would have been admitted under the standards applied to minority applicants. Conservative strategists have come to view the federal courts as their best ally in the battle against affirmative action. Proposals to roll back racial preferences have gone nowhere in Congress. Affirmative-action foes won big in California last year with Proposition 209, but that victory has turned...
Rawlins added that she believes that an alcohol ban at Harvard, even if proposed, would never have the support of enough College administrators to be implemented...
...worried about [an alcohol ban becoming reality]," she said. "If students are concerned about this, then we'll go to administrators about...
Lewis, in an interview with The Crimson last month, denied that the College was considering an alcohol ban. He jokingly likened the suggestion to the persistent rumor that the College will soon require all first-years to purchase their own computers--a rumor Lewis has consistently denied...