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...racial integration in sports, churches, shops and offices, as well as bars, restaurants, hotels and theaters. Rapid industrialization during the past two decades has brought blacks four or five times the pay they received a few years ago, though they still average only about 19% of what whites earn. That is not true, however, of black employees of dozens of major companies like IBM, who receive the same pay as their white counterparts...
Segregation underscores the differences in the way South African blacks and whites live. A middle-class black, even though he may earn a decent wage (perhaps $4,200), is forced to reside in a ghetto. A middle-class white, earning around $9,000, can live in a three-bedroom house in a pleasant suburb with a live-in maid and a small swimming pool...
Indeed, despite clear advances, statistics compiled by the U.N. show that women still shoulder more of the world's responsibilities but enjoy fewer of its benefits. Women perform two-thirds of the world's work but earn only one-tenth of its income and own only a hundredth of its property. They make up a third of the globe's official work force but are paid less than three-quarters of the wages men earn for similar jobs. Since few husbands do their share of the world's child-care and domestic work, women who are employed outside the home...
Even after their college careers have ended, seniors Noah Welch and Dov Grumet-Morris continue to earn praise. Both seniors were named to the 2005 All-American team on Thursday, as released by the American Hockey Coaches Association...
Welch was a significant factor in Grumet-Morris’s success, anchoring a Harvard defense that registered a 1.88 GAA—enough for second-best nationwide. He is only the seventh Crimson player to earn All-American honors twice in his career, adding his 2005 First Team selection to his 2003 Second Team pick...