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...point seems kind of trivial but it really can make a big difference in room selection,” said Damien A. Williamson ’04, one of the most vocal opponents of the proposal. “The essence of the lottery is everyone has an equal chance of getting a low lottery number and everyone can get bad housing...
When the HCECP recommended wage and benefit parity between regular and outsourced workers, it meant that both their wages and benefits should be equal. In his response to the HCECP’s report, Summers said he believed these workers should receive “substantially equivalent” wages and benefits, but tried to leave himself some wiggle room when it came to giving outsourced workers decent healthcare...
...Berry voiced her hope that black actresses might soon enjoy equal opportunity for black actresses. Ironically, this equity that would have been easier to achieve in Hollywood's so-called Golden (read: Caucasian) Age, when actresses were not merely ornaments to stud stars, and women's roles were not appendages in macho movies. Then, the dream factory custom-made its shiniest vehicles to suit the likes of Garbo, Stanwyck, Crawford, Lombard, Monroe, Shirley Temple and two ladies named Hepburn - but not anyone of color, no matter how talented or glamorous she might be. That was the way things were. Hollywood...
When last they talked in January 2001, Israeli and Palestinian negotiators crafted a far-reaching solution. A Palestinian state would encompass all of Gaza and up to 96% of the West Bank. To make up for territory annexed to keep many settlements, Israel would swap an equal percentage of land inhabited by Arabs inside Israel. Arafat accepts the idea but rejects anything less than a solid, contiguous border. Sharon's grudging acceptance of an "eventual" Palestine never goes far beyond civil autonomy for Palestinian islets in a sea patrolled by Israeli forces...
...concerned about losing hearts and minds in the Arab world at a time when the U.S. is waging war against Islamic extremism. "The street is important," says a U.S. official. "This is ground zero in the war on terrorism." Anger is directed at the U.S. and Israel in equal measure. In Jidda, a prominent Saudi businessman with close U.S. ties dashed off a letter to President Bush, saying he feared Washington "will lose the support of all your friends in the Middle East." In e-mails and Internet chat rooms, informal networks organize boycotts of American products, from Hollywood films...