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Other pioneering black students in the contemporary era experienced similarly racist attitudes at the College, along with a sharp sense of isolation. In "Travels With Charlie: In Search of Afro-America" Herbert W. Nickens '69 recalled his painful adjustment freshman year...
...since he started buying the precious metal six months ago. Despite the surge, veteran--and thus oft-pummeled--silver traders will note that a price just north of $7 is nothing next to silver's peak in 1980, when it hit $50 amid an infamous attempt by the brothers Herbert and Nelson Hunt to corner the market...
...President had pledged "to mend, not end") had expressed hope that the consideration of the Taxman case would not include a decision on the "extraordinarily broad issue" of affirmative action. Likewise, pundits who usually enthusiastically support affirmative action shied away from this case. New York Times Columnist Bob Herbert labeled Piscataway v. Taxman "the wrong case." Herbert argued that the case was unrepresentative of affirmative action, contending that Williams was better qualified, independent of race: Williams has a master's degree in business education, whereas Taxman boasts no advanced degree. Yet, while it may be true that Piscataway could have...
...ahead because of the continued deprivation of so many black families in wrecked city neighborhoods. (Less than half the black teens polled live with a father or stepfather.) "This generation of kids we're raising now in these urban centers have no conscience, no values," says the Rev. B. Herbert Martin, minister of Chicago's People's Church. "They are growing up in isolation...
...little bit unfortunate that all the questions were [asked] by professors or social studies lecturers," Herbert said. "But at the lunch [Habermas] did come sit with us [students] and discuss the points he made in the discussion...