Word: equal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Last week's test run provided a preview of the casino's tasteful red, brown and orange decor. TIME Correspondent John Tompkins' assessment: "The equal of the most modern gaming rooms in Las Vegas, even if the croupiers, dealers and pit bosses are youthful amateurs who make up in friendliness what they lack in dexterity." Undoubtedly, the workers will acquire some of the hard professionalism of their Western counterparts when the real money starts flowing. Said one: "When the players start losing mortgage payments or food money, maybe "they'll start getting nasty." Since gamblers...
...opinion, District Judge Fred W. Kaess called affirmative action a "vile misnomer" and "the antithesis of equal opportunity" if it simply meant proportionate job quotas without regard to past discrimination. He ruled there was no proof that police promotions and hiring had been discriminatory, and took issue with claims that the percentage of Detroit police employees who were black (17%) was less than the 44% proportion of blacks in the city's population. Applicants for police jobs, the judge pointed out, were drawn from a three-county labor market in which 18.7% of the eligible workers were black...
...much more flagrant example is the Faculty's battle with student-run theater. Up until last year Loeb Drama Center shows were selected by the student Harvard Dramatic Club (HDC) board, which emphasized student-run shows. Last year the Faculty demanded and received equal representation with students on the initial show selection board and final veto power over that board's decisions. The result has been that this year and next, four professionals and only three students a year direct mainstage shows. One HDC board member predicts that in five years there will be no more student theater...
...They are not fighting against Jews, but against Zionist ideology and institutions that have separated Palestinians from Jews and allowed the Israeli ruling elite to dominate and persecute the Palestinians. They are struggling, therefore, for the creation of a new society where Jews, Christians, and Moslems can coexist with equal rights within a secular democratic state...
...presidential campaign. We were faced by an organization that had equal dedication and unlimited money. led by the most ruthless group of political operators ever mobilized for a presidential campaign. I had been burned by the power of the Kennedys and their money and by the license they were given by the media...