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...committee hoped that the assortment presented a “coherent set of writings,” but the pieces often fail to proceed logically. One author, for example, attempts to demonstrate the power of white privilege by citing a study of poor white women at a selective college and the importance of lucky breaks in their success. Aside from the fact that the sample was highly skewed—of course those who were fortunate are more likely to get into a good college—the author provides no evidence that these unmerited indulgences were based on race...
...Nothing surprises me anymore. I'm aware this is not the normal way to proceed and I am aware that there is a legal court order, but I am more aware that we have a higher role here to make sure that justice is being served, and it is not being served, and I am not going to be party to that. If I was asking them to do crazy stuff here, I would say they have a point. But I'm not. This is your property, bank, find out who's in it please...
...tank's Ukrainian shippers claim, but for South Sudan, the autonomous oil-rich region of Sudan, which has a fractious relationship with the central government in Khartoum. If the standoff is resolved, will the three American warships encircling the Faina just clear a path and allow it to proceed...
...beyond that, there appeared little movement toward international coordination. On Monday Germany reaffirmed its determination not to participate in France's plan for a Europe-wide bank bailout plan, modeled on the U.S.'s $700 billion effort. Without Germany's participation, no such plan can proceed. "The Chancellor and I reject a European shield," German Social Democrat Finance Minister Peer Steinbruck told German radio on Monday in reference to the plan, "because we as Germans do not want to pay into a big pot where we do not have control and where we do not know where German money might...
...never been meetings like these to discuss the issue with the public. Fowler-Finn, who will step down as superintendent in four months, is expected to present several formal recommendations to the school committee in November. In December, the committee will make the final decision on whether to proceed with any plan of action. But Grassi emphasized that the committee would be prudent in their decision making. “I would think the committee would not rush any recommendations through [due to] the sheer fact that he’s leaving in February,” Grassi said...