Word: facto
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...arts is increasingly tight, and Illingworth has hinted that he would indeed prioritize the performing arts in allocating space at the Pudding. At the same time, however, the danger exists that an excessively narrow focus on a particular type of performing arts might turn the Pudding into a de facto clubhouse where social space is used only by one small segment of the campus. A truly dynamic Pudding would be home to a wide variety of performances, including theater, music, dance and cultural arts...
...percent plan works as well as it has because of a very unfortunate situation--we still have de-facto segregated schools," Bruce Walker, University of Texas at Austin's director of admissions, told The Chronicle...
...woman in black is waiting for him. Xanana Gusmao, East Timor's poet-revolutionary and de facto leader, is working his way through a crowd of admirers. When he reaches her, she throws her arms around him and sobs uncontrollably on his shoulder. Her husband and brother were killed by the Indonesian-backed militia last September--what should she do with her five children? Gusmao holds her for a very long time, all the while talking in a low, soothing voice. Then he reaches up and gently wipes tears from the woman's face, kisses her on both cheeks...
...despite the politically correct curriculum, one of the most jarring sights at Lincoln is its de facto segregation. It has even spawned the saying "White by day, black by night." That's because most white students drive home when their classes end. There's even an unofficial white student union on the fourth floor of the Martin Luther King campus building. The dorms, fraternities, sororities and other social activities are dominated by blacks. "It's really sad," says Tanya Servick, a 19-year-old communications major who is African American. Josh Cleveland, 19, a creative-writing major from St. Louis...
...jeopardize its already precarious economy. "Chen may be trying to call Beijing?s bluff at a time when the military and economic risks make it impractical for China to respond with force," says Dowell. Nonetheless, domestic political concerns leave Beijing unable to tolerate any formalization of Taiwan's de facto independence, which is why the Chinese military has been steadily expanding its naval and air power. While full-blown hostilities may be some way off, the Cold War across the Taiwan Strait is right back on the front burner...