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...Harvard Law School, sent a letter to the Cambridge Police Chief detailing his claims of police discrimination. Only cars belonging to students or those with out-of-state plates were ticketed, he claimed, which violated “a clause in the Constitution of the United States which requires equal protection of the laws.” And in a letter to The Crimson, William R. Elder ’58 asked, “Is this an attempt to tax the ‘Harvard car’ out of existence by the imposing of heavy fines...
...Strawberry Splash to children who, sans spoons, squeezed it on the go. Five years later, kids ages 8 to 12 were choosing yogurt as a snack 8 1/2 times as often as in 1998. Among adult consumers, 70% are women and 30% men, while boys and girls eat about equal amounts, a shift that bodes well for yogurt's future...
Usually, heats are held with four or five teams competing at a time, paddling down lanes marked on the water. "I make sure there's all the proper equipment, that the equipment is equal and that the course is fair," says Campbell. "You can't have one lane catching a current. After that, it's a matter of how technical the organizers want to get. I can bring computers and digital cameras and give a high-tech flavor to the event, or you can have four people with stopwatches at the finish line...
...came here under my own merit," says Deepika Gupta, 18, a first-year student at AIIMS and member of a lower caste herself. "I don't want anyone thinking I'm here because of a quota. If everyone comes here on their own steam then they will get equal respect for what they have achieved...
...Detractors stress that it is not just because of merit that they oppose the quota system; they believe it is not addressing the real problems in India. If the lower castes and classes had equal opportunities earlier in life, they argue, quotas wouldn't be necessary for higher education. "Instead of reserving 10 seats at AIIMS, educate 10,000 children. Then you will see a difference in Indian society," says...