Word: cove
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...path comes to an end in Perkins Cove, a haven of pretentious botiques and overpriced art galleries--all thankfully boarded up in March. (As everyone knows, the real money doesn't arrive until June...
...most disturbing provision lies in Section 4, which overturns a recent Supreme Court decision regarding the standards of proof in discrimination cases. Last year, in Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Antonio, the Court ruled that a plaintiff who charges discrimination bears the burden of proof to determine that a particular hiring practice is racially motivated...
...years later, the installation and preservation of quotas are apparently top priorities for prominent civil rights leaders like Benjamin Hookes, executive director of the NAACP. When Wards Cove was handed down, Hookes threatened "civil disobedience, on a scale that has never been seen in this country" if it and other decisions were not reversed. "Racism," he declared, "is the most important problem facing Black America...
Local governments in Berkeley, Portland, Ore., and Glen Cove, N.Y., have banned the material, forcing McDonald's to switch to paper packaging. About a dozen other cities have enacted similar restrictions, and hundreds more towns have considered such laws...
Williams has caught on because he offers catchy solutions to complicated problems, with a rustic sincerity that Texans seem to relish. A fourth- generation Texan, he personally leads roundups and spring brandings of the 900 Brangus cattle on his 43-sq.-mi. Happy Cove Ranch in the Big Bend country. He concedes that he once decked a disgruntled ex-employee, explaining, "There are times when you don't call a lawyer." Observes Austin political consultant George Christian: "He typifies what a lot of people think Texas ought...