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...Waco, a 180-degree turn from the manner in which Waco was reported to Americans at the time the drama was unfolding. According to Kelley's wellreasoned thesis, the violence and carnage at Waco were chiefly the result of a radical over-extension of federal force and an outright violation of the constitutional rights of the Branch Davidians...
...Banneker scholarship program was unconstitutional because it discriminated unfairly against students who were not black. The university, backed by the Clinton Administration, had argued that the program was needed in order tocorrect the effects of past discrimination. But the lower court said that the university's program "more resembles outright racial balancing" than a scholarship designed to remedy past discrimination...
...there's more for the lucky dean. He'll be appearing in a series of spots for Mountain Dew as well, with the slogan "Just Dew Ett." Joined by other titans of college administration, Jewett will profess the outright wussiness of the housing decision when compared to the chest-hair-inducing powers of a certain near-fluorescent caffeinated beverage...
...Church without rejecting a great deal. That's someting irreconcilable. Finally, of course, the Church is greater than the men who lead it, and there's too much about it that's helpful to me--prayer and communion, to name just two--to reject it outright...
...speed. By choosing full randomization, the Dean would deny students the choice they clearly want in the housing lottery. We hold non-ordered choice to be a workable compromise, as Jewett has in the past. But if the Dean sees differently, he should offer an alternative compromise rather than outright ignoring student opinions...