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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Because Allan Bakke's suit provides an imperfect test case, the Court should instruct the U.C. Davis Medical School merely to reconsider Bakke's application for admission. The justices should tread confidently but lightly, however, and produce a unified majority opinion that supports affirmative action and compensatory programs for the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Delicate Decision | 10/1/1977 | See Source »

"It was 15 to 20 ft. higher than anything anybody had ever seen," said Davis Jackson, head of the Country Club Plaza, the sprawling downtown hotel and shopping complex. "No one had ever thought they would live long enough to see it." When the flood receded hours later, 24 were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Rain of Fear In Kansas City | 9/26/1977 | See Source »

Harvard is one of a number of institutions that have filed similar briefs rejecting Allan Bakke's charge that the University of California at Davis Medical School turned him down because he is a white male.

Author: By Anne E. Bartlett, | Title: Justice Department Files Bakke Brief | 9/21/1977 | See Source »

Harvard's brief in support of U.C. Davis argues that a racially diverse class is educationally valuable and that such diversity cannot be achieved without affirmative action programs.

Author: By Anne E. Bartlett, | Title: Justice Department Files Bakke Brief | 9/21/1977 | See Source »

This version is for those who would like a second (or third) recording of the opera and would enjoy the sheer musicianship of Davis and Caballé.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Classic and Choice | 9/19/1977 | See Source »

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