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...California enters the Proposition 209 era, it will be up to Connerly to prove something he has been saying all along--that "a passion for fairness" motivates him, that he wants to help other minorities succeed the way he has. One merit-based proposal that deserves his consideration would offer automatic U.C. admission to the top 4% of the graduating class from each California high school. Connerly fears that it would "stack the deck" in favor of inner-city schools; Californians deserve a more thoughtful response than that. At a TIME Forum in the state Capitol last month, he softened...
...replacement workers took their place soon afterward. Company officials said they would appeal the ruling. Wilks' decision came on an unfair labor practice complaint brought by National Labor Relations Board's regional director, William Schaub. Among the union allegations involved were that management bargained unfairly by improperly imposing a merit pay plan on News employees before negotiations had reached an impasse, and that the company reneged on an agreement to bargain jointly with all six locals on economic issues. Although the victory is a big one for the unions, the appeals process may delay the judge's order for years...
...several attorneys have left the investigation because of what they considered its excesses. Two former Smaltz staff members have told TIME the counsel took liberties with government resources by regularly asking employees to watch his home while it was being cleaned. Smaltz's spokesman says such charges are "without merit...
...years a consortium of elite American universities including Harvard, MIT, Princeton and Yale exchanged data about their tuition rates, agreed never to grant aid solely on the basis of academic merit and met to negotiate how much need-based financial aid individual students would receive...
...Harvard ultimately capitulated to the challenge, agreeing to disband the Overlap Group. Within a year, Harvard helped push a bill through Congress which superseded its agreement with the Justice Department and allowed it to again exchange tuition data and to agree not to offer merit based...