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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...getting less than minimum wage in the lab, but it's more of an experience, because most labs don't hire first-year undergrads," she added. "You take what...

Author: By Alissa W. Lee, | Title: Summer Prospects Looking Bleak | 4/29/1991 | See Source »

...idea of affirmative action is that employers should take the time to actively seek out qualified minorities for jobs. This does not mean refusing to hire a qualified white in order to fill a quota. It means acknowledging that minorities who are just as qualified may be more difficult to find. It means investing the time in an extended job search to find them. It means recognizing that changing longstanding inequality in society takes work...

Author: By John A. Cloud, | Title: No Time for an Ideal | 4/22/1991 | See Source »

...also understand an aversion to quota systems and reverse discrimination. In fact, such aversion has prompted the Supreme Court to weaken many affirmative action laws. That is why it is incumbent on employers to hire in the Spirit of affirmative action--a spirit which rejects reverse discrimination, but encourages an extra effort in finding qualified minorities. If Harvard students refuse to take the lead in such cases, inequality will persist beyond a resident tutor post...

Author: By John A. Cloud, | Title: No Time for an Ideal | 4/22/1991 | See Source »

...probably impossible to go fishing in Belize and not catch something. If you don't care what, hire a skiff and go trolling off the reef with a heavy spinning rod and deep-running lure. That will produce anything from an overambitious triggerfish (beautiful colors but sluggish: let it go) to a large black snapper or a larger wahoo. Or, if you are unlucky, an enormous barracuda. The latter will either break your leader in the water or do its best to bite your foot off if you get it in the boat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blissing Out in Balmy Belize | 4/22/1991 | See Source »

Anderson will take a position created by the City Council in the mid-1970s which has remained vacant until this year because of lack of funds. The decision to hire a commissioner has sparked much controversy, but Anderson says such discussions will not affect his performance. A commissioner is necessary to improve a recent decline in relations between the community and the police department, he says...

Author: By Jonathan Samuels, | Title: Top Cop Is Keen to Work With City | 4/17/1991 | See Source »

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