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...Affirmative Action Needed to Balance Ledger...
...affirmative action policy currently in place in California is indeed unfair. Our society is still dominated by racism and classism, thus tilting the ledger in favor of those at the top--often towards white males. During the affirmative action era in California, it was far from "absurd" that race played a significant role in admissions. Instead, the Board of Regents was trying to create campuses which represented the diversity of California while recognizing the educational disadvantages inherent in a poor socio-economic background...
Horowitz acknowledges that alcohol consumption does have some salutory effects. Moderate consumption -- "the exact amount is not clear," she emphasizes -- does benefit the heart. But the negatives on the ledger are far more sizable, not the least of which is "the increased risk of breast cancer indicated by many studies," says Horowitz. Then there's drunken driving. "Placing contradictory labels on wine bottle will simply serve to dilute the impact of the warnings already there," she says. And few will toast to that...
...schools have documented statistically significant increases in academic achievements. By developing intellectual strength and stamina, students increase their mental power and endurance--whether they are learning math, the grammar of English or other languages, how to read music, run a four-cylinder engine, program a computer or balance a ledger. By strengthening our students' thinking abilities today, we can enrich their lives tomorrow. WILLIAM E. BROCK, Chairman Intellectual Development Systems, Inc. Annapolis...
Computers handling the general ledger and accounts payable for the University will be replaced, while HOLLIS and the identification card system among others, will be upgraded, Bradner said. He added that some systems have already been updated or replaced and that everything will be Year 2000-compliant by the end of the year...