Word: membership
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Such unique status is appropriate, for there is nothing in Catholicism quite like Opus Dei. Its membership includes both men and women, though in separated branches. It includes priests, but more significant, it makes demands of its laity more often associated with priests and nuns. Yet it is not a religious order, since its lay members hold secular jobs. It is both highly centralized and decentralized: men's and women's General Councils in Rome, appointed by Del Portillo, set policy and assign national directors, but chapters in each nation plan and finance their own operations...
Fellows acknowledge the problem and say a broader membership will surface in a matter of time, but they caution against overt tokenism. Calkins says the board must avoid having a specific slot for a woman or minority. Heiskell adds that in recent years the Corporation has made a concerted effort to appoint a woman or minority but thus far has been unsuccessful. "Unfortunately one of the qualifications of being on the Corporation is having the time and energy to do it," he says. "If you go to a successful Black lawyer the chances of his being able to give that...
Diamond claims that Bundy and Pusey, both familiar with Diamond's membership in the Communist party until soon after World War II, challenged him about whether he would speak with "civic authorities" about his involvement. Diamond says he followed the advice of colleagues and explained that he would speak about his own involvement, but not about that of others. This wasn't good enough for Bundy and Puzey, Diamond claims, and he didn...
Because the clubs discriminate against women--and, some say, minorities--by denying them access to membership, it is possible that the University's links to the clubs constitute a violation of Title IX of the Civil Rights Act which states that institutions that discriminate against women are not elibible for federal funds...
...Membership in the Harvard Law Review is usually a sure-five stepping stone to prestigious clerkships or fancy positions in corporate law firms, but getting past the tough selection standard is skin to crossing the Ohio State goalline--it doesn't happen often. But this may change now, in light of new pressure placed on the Law Review this year to reform its ways and open up its selection process...