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...After that period we would review whether to give them a special exemption [to allow non-student voting members on the board]," Epps continued. "The criterion for that would be whether the working relationships had improved...
...becomes capable of saving very young fetuses, making them "viable" according to the ahove definition. The staff never resolves this apparent (and real) inconsistency. Using the argument that a fetus' viability determines its moral worth renders the staff vulnerable to the argument it anticipates: that if viability is the criterion for deciding when a fetus is a person, then abortion rights would have to be restricted as technology pushes the age of viability back further and further...
These observations suggest a criterion that the center might wish to employ: It should ask those who wish to work within it not only how their work would contribute to development in Africa but also what problems, central to their disciplines, they can address by basing their research in Africa. Each participant should be motivated by a vision of her academic field and of the place of African research within...
...choice to discriminate on the basis of race. But one week after his birthday, we observe the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, which freed us to choose to discriminate fatally on the basis of "wantedness," physical maturity, appearance, sex, health, dependence, sentience, parentage or any other criterion, including race, if it is done before birth...
...selecting the new chief this fall, University officials said Riley's ability to deal with students, particularly minorities, was an important criterion in his appointment...