Word: equality
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...threatens Americanism far more than any number of immigrants--legal or illegal--possibly could. By interpreting laws to suit its own interest and by acting in an arbitrary manner, the INS challenges the ideals of equal justice and due process...
...Research by the finance committee revealed that the speaker was no longer living," Eisai said. "They decided to reject the grant on that basis." Eisai promises that this year's grants committee will scrutinize requests for funding with equal vigor...
...Foundation since Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Peter J. Gomes relinquished his five-year chairmanship last June. "We have a real agenda; we're meeting, and for the first time, we are directing the director," says Bossert, referring to a recently formed steering committee comprised of an equal number of faculty and students...
Some apartheid critics fret that black workers may suffer because the new owners will be less scrupulous than U.S. firms about following the equal- employment practices spelled out in the Sullivan Principles, which most American firms support. Black leaders also fear that corporate contributions to housing and education programs may fade. The pullout also threatens the future of Pace College, a technical school in the black Soweto township that is funded by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce of South Africa. Boycotts by student militants forced the school to close last week, but Chamber President Kenneth Mason hopes...
...four new leave-takers were all adherents to the so-called Sullivan Principles, the fair-employment guidelines devised in 1977 by the Rev. Leon Sullivan, a Philadelphia civil rights leader and a member of GM's board. The Sullivan plan provides for equal treatment of the races in hiring, pay and promotions, and commits employers to improving workers' living conditions. U.S. firms doing business in South Africa used to be viewed even by most American critics of apartheid as good corporate citizens as long as they abided by the principles. A strong U.S. corporate presence in South Africa, moreover...