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...Arctic. They were democrats who founded the world's oldest surviving parliament while Britain was still mired in feudalism. They were master metalworkers, fashioning exquisite jewelry from silver, gold and bronze. Above all, they were intrepid explorers whose restless hearts brought them to North America some 500 years before Columbus...
...choose members on the basis of sex, race, color or religion. The rule is worded to cover only those few clubs that were used by members primarily to conduct business over meals. Private clubs with a social orientation, like the all-male Elks clubs or the Knights of Columbus, are exempt. Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 specifically exempted private clubs. And since private clubs traditionally have been acknowledged as possessing First Amendment protection from public-accommodation laws, efforts to open their membership to women met with little success in previous attempts. At the licensing hearing, some...
...RESPECT ride will begin in an East Coast city--likely Washington D.C. or Virginia Beach--and continue through cities such as Columbus, Ohio; Chicago; St.Louis; Denver; Salt Lake City, Utah; Las Vegas and San Francisco...
...reflect better what consumers actually want. Designers have respect for those who buy and use their products. In the 2000s the world of design will be even more respectful and participatory. The best designers will seek inspiration from the folk designs of the people they serve. LIZ SANDERS Columbus, Ohio...
...problem is not confined to the biggest cities. Jon Munnerlyn, 18, an African-American high school senior in Columbus, Ohio, says he gets stopped all the time: "I'm a big kid, tall," he says. "I get kind of nervous that every time I reach for my ID, there's a possibility that I might die." And in minority neighborhoods across the U.S., there's a good deal of ingrained suspicion. Says Ebony Garcia Williams, 17, a junior at Bedford Stuyvesant Outreach: "Little kids from five and six years old learn to hate the cops because they see what goes...