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...group that has shaped mainstream U.S. culture before fully asserting its economic or political power, the nation's 41.3 million Hispanics are just getting warmed up. While they command nearly $600 billion in buying power, they are only starting to attract the marketing attention on Madison Avenue that they merit, and their political clout similarly lags behind their sheer numbers. The country's largest ethnic minority, Hispanics promise to help remake America in the 21st century as vitally as African Americans did in the 20th...
Both the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination dismissed Goodwin’s case without a hearing, the EEOC finding that Goodwin’s case was without merit and that comments allegedly made by her supervisor did not demonstrate racial or gender bias...
...disqualified from submitting or voting on money-spending plans that primarily affect their home districts. Huge amounts of money could be saved by eliminating the many wasteful projects that are put forth solely to enhance a lawmaker's image at home. Issues could then be settled on their merit rather than for re-election purposes. Neal Rohrer Kingsburg, Calif...
Congratulations on your selection of Deng Xiaoping as Man of the Year. While the choice of Mikhail Gorbachev would have had obvious merit, your arguments for deciding to pick Deng were too persuasive to ignore. Timothy A. VanDerbosch Garrett...
There is an adage that people get the kind of government they deserve. My question: What crimes did America commit over the past 200 years to merit being shackled today with a travesty like influence peddlers [NATION, March 3]? Marshall S. Berdan Washington...