Word: lawson
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...take into account the motives of affirmative action. It’s a limitation on progress.” Several nationally prominent groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, brought forth the lawsuit. U.S. District Judge David M. Lawson dismissed the suit, thus temporarily delaying the fight over the constitutionality of the ban. By Any Means Necessary, another group that opposed the 2006 decision, announced yesterday that they would appeal the Court’s decision. On the group’s Web site, National co-chair Shanta Driver promised...
...Lord Lawson was Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer under Margaret Thatcher
...from his post as Foreign Secretary was Francis Pym, who had differed with Thatcher on a number of issues. His replacement is Sir Geoffrey Howe, who as Thatcher's Chancellor of the Exchequer proved himself a trusted instrument of her economic policies. Howe's successor at Treasury is Nigel Lawson, formerly Secretary of Energy and another loyal Thatcherite. Deputy Prime Minister and Home Secretary William Whitelaw, whom Thatcher considered too moderate, has been elevated to the House of Lords. His Home Office job will be filled by Leon Brittan, a fast-rising Thatcher favorite and onetime deputy to Howe...
...friends’ prompting, Sherman wrote a script called “Mr. Obama Goes to Cambridge” about Obama’s years at the Law School and his time as president of the law review. But according to the film’s director, Mike S. Lawson, the script lacked conflict. The solution was easy: add vampires. Along with the addition of a bit of campy horror, the team added two musical numbers at the suggestion of producer Brooke E. Shirey. Despite the film’s setting, none of the participants have ever seen Harvard?...
...determined that my children should have no financial security.' NIGELLA LAWSON, celebrity chef, on why she will leave none of her fortune to her children...