Word: oral
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...Weber, 32, a man who says he wants nothing more than to be a general repairman at a Louisiana chemical factory. But to many people Weber personifies the sticky question of reverse discrimination. He had come to the unfamiliar setting of the nation's high court to hear oral arguments in a case, Kaiser Aluminum vs. Weber, that will make his name as well known as Allan Bakke's. In Bakke the court outlawed explicit racial quotas for admission to universities receiving public funds; Weber tackles the more far-reaching issue of racial preference in employment...
...minorities. The program had been established by Kaiser and the United Steelworkers, Weber's union, in 1974 to remedy racial imbalance in the skilled labor force. Less than 2% of these craftsmen were black, although blacks made up 39% of the local work force. During 100 minutes of oral arguments last week, Weber's lawyer, Michael Fontham, said that such an explicit racial quota violated Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which bans job discrimination on the basis of race. "You mean you can't avoid discrimination by discriminating?" said Justice Byron White. "Yes, your...
Well, times have changed, and it's the N.L. that's become as exciting as an Oral Roberts rerun. Face it, the National League is boring. Boring as in Astroturf. Boring as in the same four teams in the same two-team races. Boring as in Cubbie and Giant fizzles. Boring as in Pete Rose's haircut. Boring as in Steve Garvey...
...weight of his famous legal ancestors. The next morning, it is Lynch's turn to perform. In court to argue the case, he opens his mouth, but no words come out, leaving Weston to wonder if the poor wretch is going to make a silent oral argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals...
...students in Government 106b, "The History of Political Theory II," make it the top newcomer and third overall, behind (you guessed it) Economics 10, "Principles of Economics," and Humanities 9b, "Oral and Popular Literature," respectively...