Word: districters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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First, it promotes equal representation of minorities and eliminates the gerrymandering and redrawing of single-seat districts, replacing these districts with one multi-member district that proportionally elects a number of candidates. This characteristic is paramount in light of the Supreme Court's ruling in Miller v. Johnson, which struck down race-conscious districting as unconstitutional. Proportional representation is a racially nonbiased means of accomplishing representative minority presence within our political institutions and can serve to convince minority voters of the purpose and value of their votes...
...owners of Dollar-a-Pound created the Garment District in 1987, after Dollar-a-Pound started consigning funkier items that could go for more than, well, a dollar a pound...
Still, considering the rage over vintage clothing, customers say The Garment District has not raised prices as much as other consignment shops...
They seem to subscribe to the mantra of The Garment District and Dollar-a-Pound: shop happy...
...magna cum laude in May and the other is scheduled to graduate with honors this year. It?s the two who got away who pose the problem for the Citadel ? both have filed discrimination suits. Messer?s was settled out of court last year, but on Tuesday a U.S. district judge in Columbia, S.C., announced that the academy could stand trial on civil rights charges...