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...court never has held that societal discrimination alone is sufficient to justify a racial classification," Powell said. Insisting as well that any affirmative-action plan must be "narrowly tailored" to achieve its ends, he went on to signal an inclination to reject race-based firing schemes for being too harsh on the innocent, but to look more favorably upon some hiring plans. A brief separate concurrence by Justice Byron White also stressed an aversion to layoff plans...
...will I lead blacks to maim, hack and kill white South Africans," he says. He insists that the only real chance for change is through negotiation. Says Buthelezi: "There are no prospects either now or in the foreseeable future of toppling the South African government by violent means. The harsh reality, which for us is an inescapable reality, is that we do not destroy the foundations of the future by what...
...Senate committee's proposed increase in corporate income taxes is less harsh than in earlier plans. By comparison, the House tax-reform bill passed last December would increase business taxes by about $140 billion. Says Paul Huard, vice president of taxation and fiscal policy for the National Association of Manufacturers: "There will be a strong inclination to support the Senate committee's bill, and the rationale will be largely damage control. If you have to choose between a $100 billion tax increase and a $140 billion one, you take the $100 billion...
...proved to be the Baby Boomers' bane. There were simply too many of them to maintain in the style to which millions became accustomed as affluent children of the '50s and '60s. Egalitarianism might have been the avowed ethic of their youth, but competition was, and still is, the harsh reality. Many bravely refuse to admit it, yet the fact is that many Baby Boomers do not live as well as their parents, and may never...
...more intense," Kawakubo says. "It's the first presentation of my new work in front of journalists from all over the world." These, however, are not the best of times for any design that makes demands on the initiative and imagination of the wearer. "It may sound a bit harsh," says Yohji Yamamoto, "but Europe's snobbishness is equal to America's conservatism. To people living in a conservative world, new fashions, new trends and new designs are like something you see in the theater: you clap, but you never live what...