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...site now boasts a flashing button that leads visitors to the text of the agreement, complete with new bullet points that underscore the "real" meaning or ramifications of each clause. Federal lawmakers don't know what hit them: While Smith & Wesson has endured a great deal of industry ire after its conciliatory move, there was little indication the company would back down altogether. Maybe they should have seen it coming: "The confusion between the Smith & Wesson reading of the deal and the government's reading was apparent from the get-go," says TIME national correspondent Edward Barnes. "It just took...
However, this scheme came under fire from officials at several Boston universities, including Harvard. Their ire, coupled with the fact that Harvard owns the Allston warehouse that Kozmo operates out of, led Kozmo to recently withdraw its request for a liquor license. Instead of making a reasonable effort to compromise, the University inappropriately exerted its influence to squash private enterprise...
...exactly be akin to handing the reins of the NYPD over the NAACP, but law enforcement experts cite it as a revolutionary step in including a disaffected group in a department's policy-making. The Philly PD's sex-crimes unit has been the target of public ire for years, because - as former and current top-level department officials have admitted - since 1981 it has discarded about a third of its rape cases, allegedly to improve its crime statistics. The cases, according to an investigation by the Philsdelphia Inquirer, were routinely downgraded without proper review, and labeled either "not credible...
...find white people taking a collective dump all over various other facets of Mashantucket Pequot culture. I hear a number of snide remarks and much repressed laughter during my tour through the museum. While I might ordinarily find such behavior highly reprehensible, here nothing manages to rouse my ire. This is because, in some very important ways, the Mashantucket Pequot's claim of a distinct cultural identity seems somewhat tenuous. The Mashantucket Pequots lack a distinct native language. The representations of modern indigenous language and culture within the museum are largely facsimiles or bastardizations of the culture of other indigenous...
...Like similar legislation enacted in California, Texas and Washington State, Florida's new guidelines mean minorities would be considered in the same way as any other applicants, although new measures will be taken to increase minorities' involvement in recruiting programs. But Bush's plan, while ostensibly democratic, raises the ire of some black and minority leaders, in part because it's unclear how the 'diversity outreach' and '20 percent' plan will actually work. "The 20 percent rule is an attempt to be inclusive, to open doors without outwardly using race as a guideline," says Cohen. "But a lot of people...