Word: equalization
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There are few better measures of how tortuous the journey toward racial equality has become since 1954, when the Supreme Court struck down segregation, than the history of last week's ruling in Sheff v. O'Neill. The case was filed in the state courts in 1989 because civil rights lawyers had concluded that there was no hope of redress from the conservative U.S. Supreme Court. Connecticut's constitution, on the other hand, explicitly guarantees the right to a free, unsegregated public education, which made the state a more promising venue. "We were looking for new ways to breathe life...
Maybe there is a Law of Procreational Dynamics stating that for each generation there is an equal and opposite generation--meaning that for each neurotic, childish father or mother there will come next a mature, productive son or daughter. The House of Windsor lives in hope...
...conservative lioness who runs brother Pat's campaigns. He's basketball's multihued satyr. Now both ANGELA ("Bay") BUCHANAN and DENNIS RODMAN will be mouthing off on air. Buchanan will replace Mary Matalin on CNBC's Equal Time, and she's clear about her mission. "I'm involved in a movement," she says. "This is a terrific opportunity to have our issues kept in the public debate." Rodman's vision is a bit murkier. MTV says the freestyle show will have guests and commentary. But the Tattooed One calls his program "something totally different" with "all of my real-life...
UNVEILED. Statue of the late ARTHUR ASHE, tennis and equal-rights champion; in his hometown of Richmond, Virginia. After much controversy, the bronze statue was finally placed on Monument Avenue, a city street that had honored only Confederate heroes...
ATLANTA: An arbitrator's decision and a miscalculation kept Janet Evans from equaling Bonnie Blair's American record of five Olympic gold medals. Evans failed to qualify in the 400-meter freestyle final on Monday, when she was edged out by an Irish swimmer allowed to compete at the last minute after a protest led by the United States failed. Michelle Smith, who already won the gold in the 400 individual medley, was allowed in the race by the Court of Arbitration for Sport despite missing the July 5 deadline to qualify for the games by one day. Smith qualified...