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...Mellon Fellowship, however, does not apply to Asian-Americans, confirming a pattern of exclusion of Asian-Americans from programs intended to help minorities. Since Asian-Americans are a minority of the minority of non-whites, the majority thought the majority of minorities would be content with the fellowships...

Author: By Darshak M. Sanghavi, | Title: All Affirmation, No Action | 2/20/1990 | See Source »

When rookie cop Elizabeth Watson joined the Houston police department 17 years ago, she was handed a dress pattern and told to sew her own uniform. Last week she was sworn in as the city's police chief, the first woman in the U.S. to head a big-city force: 3,947 officers, 90.8% of them male...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Houston: Pistol-Packin' Mama | 2/19/1990 | See Source »

...target of the criticism is U.S. Attorney Jay Stephens, formerly a White House deputy counsel. His public statements hinting at a plea bargain in exchange for Barry's resignation have sparked criticism that he is an overzealous Republican prosecutor. Even controversy-shy N.A.A.C.P. Executive director Benjamin Hooks cited a "pattern of harassment of black elected officials by law-enforcement authorities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Run, Barry, Run | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

...doesn't take a Harvard Ph. D. to see the recurring pattern here. And Dartmouth already defeated Harvard earlier in the year in an electric 75-74 hair-raiser at Briggs Cage. If every-thing works out, the Big Green should rumble over the Crimson with reckless abandon come Tuesday night, right...

Author: By Juan Plascencia, | Title: M. Cagers Set for Dartmouth Showdown | 1/26/1990 | See Source »

...pattern is being duplicated across the Vale of Kashmir, India's beautiful high mountain valley that is home to 4.6 million people, the vast majority of them Muslims. Passionate young men who want an independent Kashmir or union with neighboring Pakistan call for a general strike and demonstrations. The police in turn impose a curfew. Protesters start throwing stones, and frightened police respond with rifles. Last week 16 unarmed civilians died that way, while militants killed three policemen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India: Kashmir Catches Fire | 1/22/1990 | See Source »

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