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Perhaps there is no clearer example of Thurmond's political agility than his relationship with the blacks who make up almost a third of the state's populations. In 1970, recently enfranchised blacks helped defeat a Thurmond protege: Albert Watson--after a blatantly racist gubernatorial campaign. Since then, Thurmond has made several highly visible gestures to woo blacks--sending his children to an integrated school, supporting full Congressional representation for the District of Columbia, steering some patronage to black leaders...
...after 25 years of service, and a 10 per cent reduction if a worker retires before age 62, and did not improve the pension plan in the contract offer. Nor does the contract increase Blue Cross coverage or offer a dental health plan. In addition, the workers want a clearer commitment to affirmative action by the University, especially at the managerial level, where minorities are still underrepresented...
...ingeniously established bottom line to Sociologists Richard Coleman and Lee Rainwater's study of class in America, what their statistical Mr. Mim, the man-in-the-middle, likes to call his social standing. Yet the deeper one gets into the data and analysis of this book, the clearer it becomes that how Americans rank themselves is not a subject cashed in too quickly...
...legacy of Bakke is one of ambiguity, and while Harvard and the rest of the nation wait for a clearer ruling it must operate within that ambiguity, a situation which avoids regression only by the good will of those in power and does little to encourage real progress...
...long-term residual Israeli presence in the occupied territories may be required. Carter will also press Begin for a much clearer idea of the status he envisions for the West Bank after the five-year transition period that both sides agree...