Word: california
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Errol Smith, chief executive officer of Smith Friday Enterprises and vice chair of the California Civil Rights Initiative (CCRI), the California state referendum that repealed affirmative action programs in state hiring and university admissions, shared some of Zelnick's criticisms...
Other recipients of the Research Training Grants are the University of California at Los Angeles, $1.9 million; the University of Michigan, $1.2 million; the University of Wisconsin-Madison, $1.2 million; Michigan State University, $1 million; Teachers College, Columbia University, $1 million; the University of California at Berkeley, $1 million; the University of Pennsylvania, $1 million; and Stanford University...
...debate over Ebonics has essentially become an Us v. Them debate. Newsweek certainly does not use the Ebonic grammatical structure. Newsweek uses standard English to explain what Ebonics is, and how California is using it--and thereby automatically creates opposition. This opposition is the dreaded binary: male/female, cat/dog, English/Ebonics...
...future. Trying to keep earning potential out of the equation, Simpson lawyers Wednesday fought to prevent testimony estimating the long-term market value (if any) of Simpson's name and image by celebrity marketer Mark Roessler. Punitive damages generally have been limited to about $200,000 in California. Simpson?s attorneys may argue that Fujisaki allowed improper evidence and weakened their case by not letting them call former detective Mark Fuhrman, who played a crucial role in the criminal case and may have raised doubts in the jury?s mind about the reliability of the evidence. Former Simpson counsel Alan...
CUPERTINO, California: Apple Computer reportedly will lay off up to 3,000 people, or some 20 percent of its workforce, and sell its floundering Newton division as the company struggles to recover from a whopping $120 million loss in the fourth quarter of 1996. Apple was forced to make the cuts after Macintosh sales flagged during the Christmas season even as the company was already anticipating a 20 percent drop in 1997 revenues to $8 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal. If Apple carries out the cuts, they would comprise the second massive restructuring in two years...