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...particular, the strawberry-labelled cards denoting "Healthy Options" menu items--items that meet Hung's criteria for healthy foods--were conspicuously absent from the cafeteria lines when The Crimson conducted its survey...
Companies have begun to include diversity among their top criteria for measuring success. Price Waterhouse has a new diversity index, Littlejohn says. Likewise, Merrill Lynch awards bonuses to vice presidents on the basis of eight criteria, one of which is recruitment and retention of minorities, according to Business Week...
That access raises serious concern among watchdog groups. The Wiesenthal Center aims not to make hate speech illegal but to marginalize it. It asks institutions to establish moral criteria for what they present to the public, and in doing so, hopes to push groups to the sidelines which espouse bigotry and violence. But the Internet, and the World Wide Web in particular, has proven to be a challenging new front in that ongoing struggle...
...vote, the House today passed a sweeping welfare reform bill that would end 60-years of federal guarantees of welfare for people who meet certain criteria, and replace it with block grants to states so they could tailor their own programs. But the Republican-led victory is sure to be shortlived, because President Clinton said he will veto the legislation if it reaches the Oval Office. "I am disappointed that Republicans are trying to use the words 'welfare reform' as cover to advance a budget plan that is at odds with America's values," Clinton said. The bill includes provisions...
...Americans. All told, Medicaid covers 1 in 4 American children, pays for 1 in 3 births, and finances more than half the nursing-home care in the country. For the time being, Medicaid is also an "entitlement," like Social Security and Medicare. This means that those who meet certain criteria--qualifying for welfare or disability benefits--automatically get coverage...