Word: factors
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Last March, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the University of Texas Law School's affirmative action program for admissions, ruling that race could not be considered as a factor...
...affirmative action. What the polls reveal is that the phrase is reasonably popular, but the word preferences is extremely unpopular. In real life, alas, there is no affirmative-action plan that doesn't involve preferences--that is, taking minority race or female gender into account as a plus factor. That's why affirmative action is another one of those issues on which it's more difficult than is immediately apparent to give the public what it wants. The debate around it really leads into a much larger and more profound question: Does America now provide genuinely equal opportunity...
Bennett and others have targeted no-fault divorce, in which one member of the couple can choose to end the marriage without citing a specific factor, such as adultery or desertion. Lawmakers in Michigan, which is at the forefront of this movement, recently introduced bills to abolish no-fault divorce and put up new barriers to both divorce and marriage. "Marriage is a commitment," says Brian Willats, a spokesman for the Michigan Family Forum, which supports premarital counseling. "It's not just notarized dating...
...Harvard band Daily Planet, complains that "there is very little in the way of space for anyone doing anything post-Stravinsky." He cites the absence of rooms designed for modern music which would require greater sound-proofing than those constructed for violin practice. The provision of instruments is another factor in OFA's classical bias, which Nano suggests is evident in its purchase of additional grand pianos rather than a single drum set. The non-existence of a modern music department since the departure of Anthony Davis is also of central concern to those interested in folk, funk, jazz...
...Dean Lewis Factor. While covering the field hockey game, I happened to see a solitary figure scamper into the stands. After a quick double-take, I realized it was none other than His Majesty Harry R. Lewis '68, Chief Maharajah of the College...