Word: equalization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...even court-ordered affirmative action is ineffective without constant vigilance. Despite the consent decree, United fell short of its goals, while federal agencies looked the other way. In 1988 the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission, prodded by congressional hearings, went back to court against the airline on behalf of hundreds of rejected blacks and women. Since then, United has recruited minority pilots, some of whom have fewer hours of experience than most white applicants , bankrolled their additional training and managed to boost its minority pilots from 2.6% to 8.1% of the total, its female pilots from...
...have an equal number of scholars as well as practitioners in the field of journalism or political science with an emphasis on the press," Holway said...
...police trying to stomp out anything that could be construed as sexist than at sexism itself. By the time I reached college, sexism--and for that matter, feminism--were things I was tired of hearing about. At a college where I believed, and still do, that things were fundamentally equal I did not see that there was all that much to complain about--that sexism was really a major problem...
...suit, Dwight N. Cooper '95 charges that he was a victim of reverse discrimination, wrongful discharge and denial of equal protection, intentional defamation of character, libel and slander, invasion of privacy, breach of fiduciary duty and professional negligence, conspiracy to deprive right to educational liberty and free speech, intentional infliction of pain and suffering and injunctive relief, according to court documents...
Political uberconsultants JAMES CARVILLE, Democrat, and MARY MATALIN, Republican, have the highest hopes for their newborn, Matalin Mary Carville (Matty to you). "Announcing the birth of the first woman President," said a release from Equal Time, where Matalin is co-host. The parents are listed as "campaign co-chairs," and Matty's party affiliation is a "no comment." Oh, that Beltway humor...