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Final clubs really only function on the line between private and public. If final clubs were completely private, no one would know about them. There would be no complaints about unfair advantages, systematic discrimination and criminal behavior...
...tower about 12 feet square stands one story higher than the house, and on the third floor there is a room bare of furniture, with windows on all four walls. What is the function of this place, I wondered. Will told me, "Oh, I go there to sit and think...
...People at the Law Review judge each other in large part on how they speak; that the vocabulary of the profession comes more naturally to men is surely a function of something larger than the institutional atmosphere of the Law Review," Wolstein says...
...more than 48 hours, an urban nightmare came true as hatred ruled the streets. During that time, parts of the city virtually ceased to function. Hundreds of thousands of citizens were sent home from schools, offices and public facilities. On orders from city hall, all professional sporting events were suspended until after the weekend; N.B.A. play-off matches involving the Clippers and the Lakers were rescheduled, as were baseball games at Dodger Stadium and Thoroughbred races at Hollywood Park...
...ruling came in Presley's case against four white members of the Etowah County commission. For decades these officials had one prime function: supervising the county road budget, with each determining how funds would be spent within his district. In 1986 the commission settled a long-running voting-rights lawsuit by agreeing to expand the body from four to six members; they also agreed that the two new members would have the same duties as the four holdovers. Presley was elected from a newly created 65% black district in the county seat of Gadsden. Eight months later, the four white...