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...affirmative action based on race, gender or ethnicity in the state is illegal, whether in the public sector, education or employment. It seems California residents acted a little prematurely; this country still has racial barriers to overcome. Last Friday, a mere two weeks after Prop. 209 passed, Texaco Inc. agreed to pay $140 million, the largest settlement ever in a racial discrimination case, on behalf of all its minority employees...
...affirmative action is not a quota system, and so there are no rules that minorities must comprise a certain proportion. Instead, affirmative action ensures that minorities actually reach the top and are able to make decisions for organizations. Although I wish that affirmative action was not needed, the Texaco Inc. settlement illustrates that organizations need minorities in the upper ranks. This idea is not only rational but also in the best interests of the country, since racial and ethnic minorities constitute a rising proportion of the U.S. population...
...here's the poll result you've been waiting for--and it's free, at least until we open Stengel & Son, Pollsters Inc. The survey was conducted by telephone on Nov. 2 among one adult registered American voter, age 18 or older. The margin of error is plus or minus 0%. So, Bob Dole? "You know I like Bob Dole," my father says. "I think I like him better in the Senate than as a presidential candidate." Perot? "Too nutty." Clinton? "He's talking about education--that's the only way to make this country great." Dad, if the election...
...late Commerce Secretary Ron Brown were the Democrats "selling" seats, using those missions to reward party donors? And did the trips serve the dual purpose of drumming up more donations abroad? Those are the questions at the heart of the lawsuit filed by the nonprofit, conservative group Judicial Watch, Inc. The suit became an election issue last week, when Judicial Watch lawyers were allowed to conduct a videotaped deposition of Democratic fund raiser John Huang. In addition, thousands of pages of Commerce Department documents have been turned over to the group...
DIED. JAMES EDWARD DAY, 82, former Postmaster General who inaugurated the zip code in 1963; in Hunt Valley, Maryland. Day's Zoning Improvement Plan system was inspired by Time Inc.'s zoned mail deliveries...