Word: equalization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...York Times reveals, Murray begins his new book with a paradox. The success of America's ideal of equality, which has been promoted through equal opportunity, has effectively served to create a country of classes divided by intelligence. Meritocracy ensures inequality, as individuals become separated socioeconomically based on their ability to perform in the free market of the academy and the workplace...
Charles Murray may indeed be the most dangerous conservative in America, but perhaps not in the sense that he hopes. While liberals respond by resurrecting arguments to confirm their long-established prejudices, thinking conservatives might just begin to reevaluate their approach to equal opportunity and their urge to dismantle government. The flaws in Murray's work just might serve to highlight the flaws in our own most earnest convictions...
...committee two years ago demonstrated that the total amount of money Harvard gives to its men's teams was more twice as much as the funds allocated to women. Some claimed the report showed Harvard to be in violation of Title IX, part of a 1972 law which guarantees "equal athletic opportunity for members of both sexes...
...controversial Colorado amendment against local gay-rights laws, the inspiration for a nationwide boycott when voters passed it in 1992, was struck down by the state's Supreme Court. The grounds: it denied gays an equal voice in government. The notorious Amendment 2, which would have voided anti-discrimination ordinances in Denver, Boulder and Aspen, was never really enforced and has been in and out of court ever since. Supporters plan to revive the case before the U.S. Supreme Court...
Several houses witnessed non-competitive elections in which the number of seats was greater than or equal to the number of candidates...