Word: norths
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...mathematical representation by sex and ethnic group in institutions. The University of North Carolina, for example, now has a well-deserved reputation in the South for liberalism on race, but after a court order requiring greater efforts to accomplish integration, HEW threatened to withdraw $89 million in federal funds if the school did not increase the enrollment of blacks, who constituted 6% of the students on the main campus. The university argued that the figure was so low because blacks could not meet the school's entrance standards as well as whites. When HEW demanded that the number...
...antismoking crusade, sure to anger the tobacco-growing states, the Georgian exploded: "That son of a bitch! We told him not to do that." Califano denies he ever got such instructions and says he discussed his plan with the President. And despite the predictably strong reaction, especially in North Carolina, Carter reassured the Secretary: "You're on the right track." Indeed, Carter has consistently supported his embattled Cabinet officer...
...pressure on an erstwhile ally that is leaning more and more toward Moscow. Soviet technical aid and loans have reinforced the Kremlin's influence in Viet Nam. Fearful of being encircled by Soviet-dominated countries, Peking this year has dispatched high-level diplomatic missions to Burma, Nepal and North Korea in an effort to shore up good relations with border nations. The verbal fireworks that China has exploded over the refugee issue are a clear warning that Peking will respond even more menacingly to any attempt by Hanoi to overthrow the pro-Chinese regime in Cambodia or to establish Soviet...
...coup inspired by Athens' ruling junta against the late President Archbishop Makarios, Turkey?using U.S.-supplied arms?invaded the island to protect the minority of 120,000 Turkish Cypriots. The Turkish forces, however, then proceeded to partition Cyprus. They occupied 40% of the island, centered on the industrialized north, where virtually all Turkish Cypriots now live. Nearly 200,000 Greek Cypriots were forced to flee, joining their 320,000 ethnic brethren in the south. Blaming the U.S. for supporting the hated junta, which collapsed after the Cyprus coup, and for failing to halt the Turkish invasion, Greece's Constantine Caramanlis...
Most seniors emphasize the underlying problems of Radcliffe housing: single rooms and the distance from the University proper give the Quad a sense of isolation. Two years ago, students assigned to the Quad were referred to as having been "banished North" or "banished South" or "exiled to the Quad...