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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...says he remains confident that if the issue is properly put into the context of the need for diversity in education and the actual mechanics of college admissions, affirmative action will prevail...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ADMISSIONS UNDER ATTACK | 10/9/1996 | See Source »

...prospect of three brand-new Star Wars movies that has Hollywood's studios salivating. The leading contenders appear to be Fox and Disney, although Steven Spielberg hopes he can prevail upon his old friend Lucas--the two made the Indiana Jones movies together--to give a big bang to Spielberg's new company, DreamWorks. Sources close to Lucas doubt he'll slip his babies into the untested DreamWorks distribution pipeline. A Fox executive adds that Lucas has a keen sense of competition with Spielberg and is eager for the original Star Wars to pass Jurassic Park at the box office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE LUCAS WARS | 9/30/1996 | See Source »

Fine performances prevail across the board, with Keener's Amelia deserving special mention. In chronicling the little hops and skips as life moves along, the actors have notably apt timing: Schrieber as Andrew pauses for just the right amount of cautious, heaven-helpme time when Amelia asks if she can question him about why they really broke...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Run (Don't Walk) to This Film | 8/13/1996 | See Source »

...were looking for new ways to breathe life back into the fight for equal educational opportunity, because in the federal courts the issue is dead," says attorney John C. Brittain, the lead counsel for the plaintiffs. The court's decision "shows that the fight for racial justice can still prevail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DIVIDING LINE: KNEE-JERK CONSERVATISM | 7/22/1996 | See Source »

...Although the subject was discussed at the recent G-7 summit in Lyons, where other member nations condemned the U.S. legislation, there has been no concerted effort to challenge the law. Scott notes that Canada's Minister of Foreign Trade, Arthur Eggleton, has said he hopes wiser heads will prevail when the dust settles after the U.S. presidential election. -- Lamia Abu-Haidar

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Cuba Problem | 7/11/1996 | See Source »

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