Word: equalization
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...dominant-gods or kings lectured while common folk listened-Socrates developed the revolutionary notion of the dialogue. Another conversational revolutionary was Madame de Rambouillet, who in the 18th century organized discourse in a new forum, the salon, that allowed men and women to talk to one another on an equal basis...
JEFF NOON'S FLUORESCENT AND PHANTASMAGORICAL novel Vurt (Crown; 342 pages; $22) isn't quite the equal of Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange, with which it is being compared, but in some ways it comes close. It's good enough in its first 50 or 60 pages of atmosphere setting, all smoke machines and flashing strobes, that the reader blinks, shakes his head and wonders whether Noon can sustain the weirdness. The answer, as shapes become familiar in the fog, lies somewhere between "no," "sort of" and "too mad to matter...
...Melisande, currently on view at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion a couple of blocks away. In a season distinguished by compelling, innovative stagings of Strauss's Elektra and Handel's Xerxes, the new Pelleas offers yet more proof that for consistent excellence the still fledgling company is already the equal of its older and more established American rivals...
...been more widely used in hiring, awarding contracts and school admissions, misgivings about it are reaching a critical mass. A 1994 Times Mirror poll shows for the first time in eight years that a majority of whites agree with the idea ``We have gone too far in pushing equal rights in this country.'' In the federal courts several cases have been filed by angry whites that challenge race-based preferences. And in a development that could start a national free-for-all on the issue, Californians are expected to face a ballot initiative next year that would forbid preferences...
...Dartboard wish to join Mr. Round in begging the lucrative pornography trade to join the tradition of equal opportunity. We would go so far as to encourage an Affirmative Action program for men to make amends for the past's wrongs. In short, give men a chance...