Word: davises
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Brennan concluded that there was no practical alternative to the Davis program. Setting aside places for disadvantaged students without regard for race would not work. Whites would still outnumber blacks. Brennan could see no constitutional distinction between the Davis and Harvard programs.
Putting it rather wryly, he said the only difference was that Davis was open about its racial-quota system, while Harvard more prudently achieved its racial balance in private. But there is no reason to prefer the Harvard program just because it "proceeds in a manner that is not immediately...
What will be the impact of this painstakingly assembled Supreme Court decision? The only undeniable winner is Allan Bakke, who can enroll at Davis medical school this fall after his five-year battle.
But the real gold dust is not in the oldies but in fusion, which is essentially watered-down jazz, with simpler chords and harmonies, traces of rhythm-and-blues and Latin music, and rock's heavy electronic sound and beat. Miles Davis, 52, who created the "cool" bop sound...
Pianist Hancock, a Davis protege, followed the leader in 1973 with Head Hunters, another hit that was less jazz and more rock: it had fewer solos, a funky disco beat and the lusher sounds of a synthesizer. Weather Report, a well-respected group that includes Wayne Shorter on sax, has...