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...Center executive committee member Stephen Walt, “What if a prominent academic at Harvard declared that the United States had to make food scarcer for Hispanics so that they would have fewer children? Or what if someone at a prominent think tank noted that black Americans have higher crime rates than some other groups, and therefore it made good sense to put an end to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and other welfare programs, because that would discourage African-Americans from reproducing and thus constitute an effective anti-crime program?” And, finally, what...
...College admissions committees seeking a diverse LGBT community would have to deal with the possibility that some applicants may not want, or be ready to, identify their LGBT status. Research shows that only 0.5 percent of teenage males identify as being homosexual, but averages among adults are higher. Those teenagers, who will eventually join the LGBT community, will remain unidentified during the admissions process. Other LGBT applicants might feel pressured to reveal their sexual identity to their family, friends, and teachers before they are ready. Coming out in college is very...
...Should admissions offices make the class percentages match the national averages? Studies estimating the percentage of homosexual males in the US population range from 2 percent to 10 percent. However, it is possible that the percentage of homosexual students at a university, such as Harvard, might be higher. Recent research suggests that homosexual male college students are, on average, more academically inclined and have higher grade point averages than their heterosexual counterparts...
...Support for cooperative ownership was even higher among fans of Manchester United and Liverpool. Angered by the $1 billion debt piled onto United's books following its 2005 takeover by the Glazer family - owners of the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers - a consortium of wealthy United fans is putting together a plan to buy out the club with the backing of ordinary supporters. While the group, known as the Red Knights, is unlikely to make an offer before the end of the current season - the club, for its part, insists it's not for sale - the extent of support...
...Conversation It was unimaginable that the higher-ups - those in "echelons above reality," as Ellis liked to say - would actually stop the Pir Mohammed project. He figured it would be delayed a day or two and decided to move ahead with his plan. He needed to have some troops in place, in an observation and listening post near the school, on the night before the operation took place. On Sunday, April 4, Ellis joined the 2nd platoon on a patrol to scout locations...