Word: orders
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Orfield contends that affirmative action in admissions is necessary in order to make up for past discrimination and to ensure an educated population...
...standards had to be lowered in order to admit racial minorities to this law school in order to achieve diversity, would that be acceptable or not?'" he suggested...
...take disciplinary action against him until this year because MIT--unlike Harvard--has a policy of not pursuing disciplinary cases until criminal investigations of the matter are resolved. The Suffolk County District Attorney's office charged the fraternity with manslaughter last year, but the fraternity disbanded in order to avoid the charge...
...ruling that defined the Scouts as a private organization, which therefore had a right to exclude gays. Although the High Court declined to hear an appeal on the California ruling, the conflicting interpretations may persuade the justices to hear the Scouts? appeal against the New Jersey judgment in order to resolve the issue...
...able to pick up some of the slack. But that's about it. The stories average about two sentences. Unable to pretend to be a full-fledged wire service, the agency is moving to provide what might be called news fragments. A more apt name might be in order: blurb, maybe. Or blip. UPI now supplies headlines to a San Francisco paging company which displays headlines on pager screens and to a Kentucky outfit that is looking to flash headlines on LED screens in bars...