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...brass are now public knowledge. As journalist Ellis Cose proved in The Rage of a Privileged Class, black employees throughout corporate America often must struggle against subtle glass ceilings as well as outright racial hostility. The solution to this dilemma may well be more--not less--affirmative action. Without explicit and enforced preference programs, black advancement may be stifled at token levels...
...true Dole fashion, though, the candidate did not communicate any explicit decision, and so meetings, memos and all kinds of frenzied activity continued. As late as August 1, Dole asked aides to rerun the numbers on no fewer than eight different proposals. "We went over this ground months ago," complained a staff member. The final, official, out-loud decision was apparently communicated to Taylor, but he does not remember exactly when it came or what words Dole used. Aides were still working through the morning of Aug. 5 preparing press-briefing books for the public announcement that afternoon...
...Pope made explicit a provision for conflicting beliefs in his statement, saying that "in truth, rather than of a theory of evolution, one should speak of theories of evolution...
...What is explicit in "don't ask, don't tell" is that the danger of homosexuality lies, somehow, in the aspect of public acknowledgment. The concern seems to be that fellow soldiers will respond negatively to knowing that they are training and living in intimate environments with gay men. As Thomasson expressed in his appeal, the foundation of the policy is "the expected adverse reaction that some heterosexual listeners may have" to discovering the homosexuality of members of the armed services. In its brief encouraging the Supreme Court not to hear the Thomasson appeal, Clinton administration justified the policy...
...over its network is encrypted. At Harvard, a student's mail can easily be intercepted by others in his or her network hub. It is the responsibility of the University to ensure that electronic communication is kept private; this should be an immediate priority and should be made explicit in University policy...