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Opponents and supporters of affirmative action actually tend to agree that there is something bad, generally called quotas, and something good, generally called something like diversity. Their argument is about where you draw the line. Bush calls the Michigan 20-point bonus a quota, and his critics insist that it is not. But both sides are wrong. If your sole measure of the success of any arrangement is whether it increases the representation of certain minorities, then it doesn't really matter what procedure you use to achieve that result: some people are getting something desirable because of their race...
...body's immunological and inflammatory response to those bacteria - which is why researchers are investigating its potential uses in autoimmune disorders like HIV, Behçet's disease and Crohn's disease. This time around researchers are taking stringent precautions against any possible embryo-damaging side effects. They insist that women of childbearing age use two forms of contraception and undergo pregnancy tests before starting thalidomide treatment, and that men also use contraception in case sperm might be affected. They advise too that the precautions continue for a month after the last treatment. Even though more clinical trials and several...
...have some of the toughest jobs in the world. And their report-back to the UN Security Council on Jan. 27 may determine the fate of Saddam Hussein's regime. Washington is impatient to go ahead and get rid of Saddam Hussein, but a number of other Council members insist that no aggression can be justified unless the inspectors find evidence of Baghdad defaulting on its promised disarmament. Until now, however, the inspectors have found little more than some documents that still have to be deciphered and a dozen empty chemical warheads that the Iraqis say they overlooked - a haul...
Many European leaders, save British Prime Minister Tony Blair, continue to insist that the inspectors be given several more months to “finish” their work. Yet as President Bush asked yesterday, “How much time do we need to see clearly that he’s not disarming?” Saddam Hussein has demonstrated unmistakably that he is committed to sabotaging the inspection teams...
...inspectors' January 27 briefing of the Security Council, the U.S. continues to insist that Iraq has failed to meet its obligations, and appears inclined to move the discussion on to the "serious consequences" of which Baghdad has been warned. But France, Germany and Russia have all said this week that they see no basis right now to seek military action against Iraq because the arms inspectors have not yet turned up evidence that would, in their minds, justify going to war, and as long as Iraq cooperates they see no reason to terminate the inspection process. President Bush is having...