Word: california
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...University of California system and the University of Notre Dame will join Harvard in the coalition. The three universities, along with a fourth and possibly fifth to be named later, will make up the coalition. The agreement will last for one year as a "pilot program," said University Attorney Allan A. Ryan...
Well, they're probably like George Bush Jr.--they wouldn't have an abortion themselves, but they don't think the nation is "ready" to ban the practice of abortion. Doesn't sound like a position you could march for. Recently, the first Democratic Governor of California since 1983, Gray Davis, couldn't make up his mind whether illegal immigrants should receive emergency medical care, which a 1994 proposition banned. The proposition was successfully challenged in court, but Davis couldn't simply accept the court's ruling, even though his Republican predecessor had been the one behind...
Frankel seemed to be equally enthusiastic about returning to an academic environment after taking several years leave from the University of California--Berkeley, where he held an economics professorship and served as director of the Center for International and Development Economics Research...
...assured answers ("We're blessed to be an adoptive family," "My husband is Chinese") disarm loaded questions and offer examples of coping behavior. "I had to model appropriate behavior and give answers I hope my children would use," says Nancy G. Brown, co-founder of Multiracial Americans of Southern California and mother of Nicole and Rachelle, two biracial black-and-white girls. Her daughters, now teenagers, handle questions with aplomb and simple, swift replies...
...there are also grace notes, as in how time and communication can resolve dicey situations. At first Kim Felder, a California family recruiter for adoptions with one biological child, encountered what she perceived as resistance from her parents to her intention to adopt transracially. She and her husband Carl decided to go ahead with the adoption and limit contact with Kim's parents. The following day, her parents explained that they were reacting to the prejudice they had faced as Italian immigrants--an experience they didn't want for their daughter. "They weren't prejudiced--they wanted to protect...