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...while Orfield applauded the Committee'sefforts to maintain diversity in the schoolsystem, he said the policy is a weak example ofaffirmative action because it does not demonstratethe diversity of criteria in admissions, includingrace, demanded by the Supreme Court in the Bakkedecision...
Willie said he thinks the admissions policyalready adheres to the criteria of theBakke decision...
...hearings into the historical basis for impeachment with video snippets of Peter Rodino?s much-praised House Committee, which performed the same task with President Nixon 24 years ago. This is highly ironic, since Rodino himself has recently declared that President Clinton?s actions do not meet the criteria of high crimes and misdemeanors. Republican disgust and frustration was everywhere. South Carolina firebrand Bob Inglis accused his guest Schlesinger ?- perhaps the most respected historian in America ?- of having "a great deal of sophistication but very little common sense." Cold comfort for committee chair Henry Hyde, then, that Monday?s Supreme...
...criteria used to determine the rankings fell into four categories: governmental interference with the private sector, efficiency, provision of public goods and political freedom...
...back in August that Glenn was told he wouldn't be taking part in a test of melatonin, the natural sleep hormone, because he "did not meet one of the medical criteria for participation," Dr. Charles Czeisler, the surgeon who disqualified Glenn, told the New York Times Wednesday. For two months, NASA endeavored to keep the news quiet -- ostensibly because it was a private medical matter. Evidently, it didn't fit the mold of a feisty American hero blasting back into orbit. Neither does the prospect of delaying the launch, with Clinton and hundreds of congressmen, celebrities and network anchormen...