Word: establish
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...alleviate the effects of past discrimination which has left many members of minority groups unqualified for positions they could otherwise have earned in free competition. In this case quotas do not solve the fundamental problem of insufficient qualifications, but ignore it. The fair and effective solution would be to establish a just system of hiring and admissions based on qualifications combined with efforts to find ways of improving the qualifications of those disadvantaged by past discrimination...
...reasons of justice, morality, effectiveness and practicality, therefore, quotas are wrong and misguided. Employers and admissions officers should establish race and sex-blind systems for selecting applicants. The goal in fighting racism should be the establishment of a fair process based on merit, without regard to race, sex, or ethnic group, instead of an end state with various percentages of racial and minority groups represented in jobs and schools...
Since individuals have the right to associate freely, however, the government is not justified in enforcing the merit criterion any more than it is justified in enforcing quotas. In a free society people should have the right to voluntarily establish private institutions run on any basis they may choose, as well as the right to hire whom they want, the right to form schools of whatever composition they desire, and the right to offer their productive services as widely or selectively as they wish. An opinion has already been expressed here concerning the principle on which they should base these...
...richest men, who created the McDonald's monster. Back in 1954, Kroc, a slick-talking paper cup salesman passing through town, saw their operation. On the spot, he offered them a deal: in exchange for the right to use their names, methods, and golden arch insignia in order to establish identical McDonald's franchises around the country, he would give them a small percentage of each store's sales. The brothers, "out-spieled," reluctantlyagreed. Within five years Kroc had bought out their share of the enterprise. And a few months later, annoyed at the price the brothers had forced...
...West Bank occupation as a model exercise. But today, the cumulative effects of nine years of occupation, rising Palestinian nationalism and Israeli moves toward permanent occupation are all contributing to rising tension. Arabs are alarmed by rumors of secret land purchases and the belligerent attempts of religious Jews to establish unauthorized settlements in these biblical lands. The most aggressive is Gush Emunim (the Group of Faith), whose settlement attempts and mass marches (TIME, May 3) are a major reason for violent Arab counterdemonstrations...