Word: equality
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tournament, which lasted throughout the afternoon and evening, was organized by Val Rodriguez '91, the manager of the Game Room. Players were charged $2, an entrance fee equal to the price of one hour of regular game play, and refreshments were served, Rodriguez said...
...motives are suspect. This is a crucial time in the nation's future, when education is critical for restoring America's economic health. And with progress on civil rights and fighting poverty stalled, the federal government must provide aid for all low-income and minority students to ensure them equal access to college and jobs. With so much at stake, a college education should not have to rely on the political calculations of presidential candidates...
...even regret their errors. Instead of making the best of an unfortunate situation by publicly apologizing for all wrongdoing, our guiding stars deny any fault and dispute their petty punishments. Baseball players are only human beings and are entitled to their mistakes. They also are entitled to equal punishment under...
Death may be the great equalizer, but in Los Angeles some deaths are more equal than others. Black and Hispanic leaders angrily contrasted the uproar over Toshima's killing to the indifference about violence in their neighborhoods. "There is a deep feeling in the community that the philosophy of the police department is to 'let them kill each other' in South Central L.A.," says State Assemblywoman Maxine Waters. "The black community has known for years that a problem is not a problem until it hits the white community...
Civil rights cases are among the thorniest faced by courts because they so often involve competing principles of social justice: protecting affirmative action for blacks vs. honoring seniority in the workplace; providing equal job access for women vs. giving civil service preference to veterans, who are mostly male. Striving for balance, while zigzagging through such moral thickets, often leads to apparently contradictory precedents. Having ruled for one side, the same court may find for the other the next time an issue comes...