Word: majority
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Meetings have been held, surveys have been discussed, and data will surely be compiled. But with both Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 and Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III saying they do not expect any major policy changes in the coming year, prospects for a revised house assignment policy any time soon seem...
...commitments represent a big improvement over the handling of the city's last major project--the Bradley Center Arena, where the Milwaukee Bucks NBA team plays. When the arena was built 12 years ago, the absence of minority contractors and employees sparked a bitter feud. "No black folks or other people of color got any of that," fumes city alderman Fred Gordon, who feels that even today, minority firms often get just "table scraps...
...executive vice president of Wells Fargo Bank in Los Angeles. A survey this year by the Executive Women's Golf Association in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., found that its 13,000 members had an average salary of $78,325. Nearly 60% of respondents held upper-management positions with major corporations. Almost 30% owned their own business...
...seems a promising destination for a politician searching for a bit of uplift and optimism. But last week after two fruitless days in Moscow, President Bill Clinton flew into Belfast to a warm welcome from cheering crowds and to celebrate what, despite bombings and burnings, still looks like a major foreign policy triumph for his Administration. "The people of Northern Ireland," said British Prime Minister Tony Blair in welcoming Clinton, "owe you a deep debt of gratitude. No President of the United States has done more for peace in Northern Ireland than you." No one would argue with Blair...
Other companies that took major hits were transportation stocks whose business involves trade and travel: the parent companies of such airlines as American, United and Delta. Companies like Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble and Gillette, which not long ago were praised for their successful penetration of global markets, last week were punished harshly through stock sell-offs. General Electric, the world's most valuable public corporation and one of the most admired, fell 22%, losing $68 billion of its market value...