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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Could this ethnic rearrangement be a good thing? Yes, says Abigail Thernstrom, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a leading affirmative-action critic. Thernstrom argues that minorities suffer when affirmative action puts them on campuses that otherwise wouldn't have admitted them. The dropout rate of black U.C...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When The Field Is Level | 7/5/1999 | See Source »

Did we say obscene? Be warned: the raunch is nonstop and often noxious. Kids who take their parents (or Liza or the Baldwins) should be prepared for some gasps and a scolding. As Cartman says of the Terrance and Phillip epic, "This movie has warped my fragile little mind." To...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Sick and Inspired | 7/5/1999 | See Source »

While their beliefs and practices may be gentle at heart, their symbolism makes it fairly easy to demonize them. Besides calling themselves witches, they often prefer to conduct their rituals naked (Fort Hood has forbidden them to do so), use 9-in. daggers called athames in their ceremonies, cast magic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I Saluted a Witch | 7/5/1999 | See Source »

Behnke said he fears the ads will lead Harvard students to take on responsibilities for which they are not yet prepared.

Author: By Rachel P. Kovner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Egg-Seeking Ad Draws Nearly 30 Harvard Applicants | 7/2/1999 | See Source »

As guardians of Kosovo?s refugees, NATO are a bunch of deadbeats, according to the U.N. An official in charge of coordinating refugee relief efforts tore into the Western alliance Friday, hoping to shame it into handing over desperately needed cash to resettle the half million returned refugees. "The international...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.N. to NATO: Don't Be Tightwads on Refugees | 7/2/1999 | See Source »

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