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...past few years has jeopardized that objective. Last month the Board of Regents at the University of Wisconsin took a first step toward restoring some measure of racial civility. If the state legislature approves the plan adopted by the regents, students caught hurling racial epithets in a threatening manner will be expelled from school...
...atonished to hear someone demonize Jackson in this manner several years ago. Since then I have understood differing degrees of this association to be held by quite a few American Jews. Jackson called Jews "Hymies" (he apologized), met with Yassir Arafat, critized Jewish landlords and did not explicitly repudiate the anti-Semitic Louis Farrakhan (although he did repudiate Farrakhan's anti-Semitic statements). Therefore, these people argue, Jackson can be compared to Hitler...
Sullivan's motto is a peculiarly apt phrase with which to discuss Maxine Hong Kingston's Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Tale. Set in the city of the Golden Gate Bridges--one of America's postcard-perfect suspension bridges--Kingston's work balances characters and cliches in a startling manner...
Second, look at Continental Airlines. Although Continental has lower operating costs than other airlines, these savings are not passed on to its passengers in a significant manner, but instead they accrue to Frank Lorenzo's unionbusting coffers and personal bank account...
There were grounds for skepticism. While well respected in their fields, Pons and Fleischmann were far from the mainstream of fusion research. In addition, they had released their results in a manner that tended to cast suspicion on their claims, staging a press conference in Utah complete with television cameras. For several days researchers around the world were dependent on TV and newspapers for scraps of information about what could conceivably be the biggest science story of the year -- if not the decade...