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...Milosevic] closed down schools," Skrabalo said. "It was the same thing as Apartheid [in South Africa,] just that the origin counted, not the race...
...festival, of German origin, offered events and entertainment for all ages. Teenagers and adults flocked to the arts and crafts stands, while children enjoyed the Moonwalk, the Alligator Slide and puppet shows...
...student is galvanizing a wave of gay rights activism across the U.S., and President Clinton on Monday urged Congress to pass the Federal Hate Crimes Protection act. The legislation adds gender, disability and sexual orientation to current hate-crimes laws covering attacks based on race, color, religion or national origin. National debate will be further fueled by a Supreme Court decision Tuesday to uphold a Cincinnati decision to eliminate discrimination protections for gays and lesbians...
Earlier, Rudenstine had been successful in helping shoot down the Riggs amendment to the Act that would have denied government money to any schools that considered race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin as factors in the college admissions process...
...been considered by scientists, it was accepted only after recent pictures were analyzed. They showed that the ring material indeed appears to flow from the rump end of the moons, and that the moons and rings orbit the planet at identical angles. "We have a definitive answer to the origin of this ring system," says Michael Belton, leader of the Galileo imaging team...