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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...moved far in 25 years, but the goal of equality had remained elusive, and the question now before the Supreme Court in the case of Regents of the University of California vs. Bakke seemed infinitely perplexing: Is it fair to give some preference to blacks over whites in order to remedy the evils of past discrimination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bakke Wins, Quotas Lose | 7/10/1978 | See Source »

...Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and Mitchell Sikors, assistant state attorney general, obtained a temporary restraining order from Suffolk Superior Court Judge John M. Greaney at 12:30 p.m., ordering the transit workers to return to work...

Author: By Claude R. Marx, | Title: Carmen Vote; MBTA Rolls | 7/7/1978 | See Source »

...June 8 issue of The Crimson. Not only was the tone of the article such that it presented an already emotionally charged issue in an inflammatory manner, but I am particularly disturbed that my words and opinions as spokesperson for the Third World Caucus were misquoted and misrepresented in order to do so. I particularly take issue with the following paragraph which appeared in that article...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Minority Admissions | 7/7/1978 | See Source »

...corn growers' lawyers have been asking about the status of the documents. Last week they were told by Justice Department Lawyer Joseph Sher that they need no longer ask-the documents were nowhere to be found. The growers went back to court and petitioned the judge to order the Government to produce either the documents or "all individuals in the chain of custody of these documents for deposition." TIME Correspondent Gregory H. Wierzynski reports that "those close to the suit say it is either a case of potentially explosive material that the White House wants to hide or extreme...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Bittersweet Battle | 7/3/1978 | See Source »

...villa, the gardens and the collection might all be turned into a museum. But for Von Hirsch collecting was a magnificent obsession. Thus before he died last November at the age of 94, he set aside a few personal bequests and then decreed that the rest be sold in order to give others a chance to vie for the treasures that nowadays are rarely seen outside museums...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: The Sale of the Century | 7/3/1978 | See Source »

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