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...have tended to remake the issues surrounding black admissions into higher education. Whereas it was once thought that the way to rectify past injustices was to open the doors of opportunity, to admit and to graduate more black students, we now see these doors being shut, and in a myriad of different ways. Substantial decreases in scholarship aid, inadequate or completely curtailed recruitment programs, and more recently the questions of non-uniform admissions criteria (such as those alleged in the DeFunis case) have begun across the nation to affect black enrollment at the undergraduate and graduate level. The questions...
...anyone's standards, Aaron was a star from the very beginning, but for his first 19 seasons he had been pretty much lost among the myriad of other more prominent stars despite his many fine seasons. He was not nearly as popular a hero as Ruth...
...would still be the ninth or tenth largest U.S. industrial company-even though it gets only 16% of its oil production and 32% of its sales from the U.S. Orphaned from their corporate parent, Exxon's petrochemical operations, which produce materials that go into fertilizers, records, pantyhose and myriad other products, would rank about fifth among U.S. chemical companies. If Exxon merely transported oil, it would be the world's biggest shipping firm, with 155 tankers of its own and varying numbers under charter at sea. In finance it is a substantial international banker, holding fortunes in marks, yen, francs...
...macroscale, three elements work together to create a strong and satisfying environment. These are large, freestanding buildings which define the spaces around them; a level plain of grass; and a canopy of trees. Each of these aspects has myriad levels of refinement which further enrich both the entity and the totality. For example, the buildings in the Yard are consistent in scale, materials, and architectural treatment--eaves line up, windows and roofscapes have similar rhythms. There is, however, considerable variety within these limits, and the result is never dull. The grass is enlivened by a rich pattern of pedestrian paths...
...have long taken advantage of these ready opportunities to buy their ideas of sex thereby providing a market for magazines featuring women in a myriad of amusing positions and situations. Until recently, no one seriously thought that women might feel a similar need for graphic sexual stimulation...