Word: color
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...means having the largest number of candidates possible from all different backgrounds, should enjoy the support and encouragement of all right-thinking people. But, in her article, Rawlins goes farther than that. She writes, "Right now, most of Harvard's students-as women and as people of color-do not have adequate representation on the council." Her reason is not that the current representatives are irresponsible, or negligent, or even downright dumb. Rather, she justifies her claim by stating that "last year, white male undergraduates were doubly represented by their student government...white men made up 50 percent...
Students expressed concern that the proposition-which bans preference in state hiring based on race, color, gender, ethnicity or national origin-would have an adverse effect on academic programs such as ethnic studies. They were pleased to learn that it would...
...fund student-initiated graduation celebrations," said Winston Doby, vice chancellor of student affairs, "but we cannot give funds to any group that gives preference based on race, color, gender, ethnicity or national origin...
Zoom forward to last week, when Fisher's strategy seemed to be coming a cropper--to say nothing of being in need of cropping. With the company's new computerized camera systems running up hundreds of millions of dollars in losses, and its mainstay 35-mm color film under attack from lower-priced Fuji Photo Film in the U.S. and a strong dollar abroad, Kodak said its 1997 operating earnings could fall as much as 25% below the results for last year. That marked the third distress flag on Kodak earnings this year and caused the company's stock...
...They did not contain the color crimson...