Word: davises
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Stepak decided to sue after learning of the case brought by Engineer Allan Bakke, whose "reverse discrimination" complaint against the medical school of the University of California at Davis is before the U.S. Supreme Court. Bakke, who is white, charges that he was unconstitutionally discriminated against when he applied for...
On the eighth day of deliberations, Jury Foreman John Thomas, 35, a naval technician, told the judge that the sequestering was causing problems. They were a fairly homogeneous group-all white and mostly white-collar-but they ranged in age from Frank Darling, 70, a retired stockbroker, to Kathy Davis...
Thomas was prompted to switch his own vote to not guilty, arguing that the defendant must be given the benefit of the doubt. Back in the jury room, the majority for a conviction now shifted to a majority for acquittal, first 7 to 5, then 9 to 3. The following...
In addition to his poetry, Brutus was banned, jailed and finally exiled because he led the struggle to keep South Africa's all-white teams out of the Olympics. Most recently, he organized the demonstrations against South Africa's participation in the Davis Cup tournaments at Vanderbilt University.
Paul Davis, another frequent TIME contributor, spoke of working on his Gore Vidal cover entirely from i photographs, then calling the author a year later in Rome to introduce himself. Said Davis: "He had me over for a drink immediately, and when I was there he showed me the profile...