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...closer one's upbringing to this model, the more likely it is that one will attend college. Studies show the correlation between a person's parents attending college and the student's decision to do the same. Even in western society, the best colleges attract a fairly narrow cross-section of the population. Families enter a self-perpetuating cycle of college awareness, and hence enrollment...
...these areas, although Sununu is so resistant to second-guessing that such consultations are likely to take place only in secret. Meanwhile, Sununu is trying to soften his public image. As Bush barnstormed the country in search of Republican votes, Sununu haunted the so-called buffer zone, the narrow secure area between the podium and the audience, scanning the crowd for a small child. Finding one, he would take the tot by the hand and lead his little hostage off to meet the President, who on at least one occasion tripped over the toddler...
...nightfall, the protesters suddenly switch on headlights and hand-held spotlights to illuminate a narrow stretch of boundary. Tonight's Light Up the Border rally is one in a series of monthly anti-immigrant demonstrations held in a place where millions of Latin Americans and others have crossed the hills and canyons that feed into San Diego...
...Jesse Helms' moral outrage that blacks should be getting rich off an outrageous giveaway from the Federal Government is oddly narrow. After all, long before it adopted minority preferences, the FCC was handing out valuable licenses practically for free on other, equally bogus criteria. After more than a half-century of this foolishness, many of America's largest fortunes derive from ownership of broadcasting franchises. Helms himself has made the odd nickel this way. In just the past few years, the awarding of cellular- telephone franchises has created a whole new category of white male multimillionaires. Reformers have long argued...
Rather than focus on issues, Sneider focused on people. Rally-goers were identified as "rabble-rousers," "fellow revolutionaries" and "complainers, ideologues or activists." We are described as a "predictable cadre of student activists" with a "narrow agenda...