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Advertising by attorneys has been a rigidly observed taboo ever since the American Bar Association announced its first national code of ethics in 1908. Originally, the ad ban was intended to help restore dignity to the legal profession, which had been badly tattered by attorneys who put up large billboards...
Jews have historically nurtured a fear of quotas--quota systems had restricted them from entry to college and professions both in this country and earlier, in Eastern Europe. Because contractors were threatened with loss of funds if they did not try for results, to the writers in Commentary there seemed...
But affirmative action, especially in the case of minorities, seeks to correct not just a few cases of economic discrimination but strives to right a system that sanctioned and still sanctions quotas against blacks. It is because of these quotas that blacks represent such a small percentage of the professions...
No other strip could make that statement-no other would want to. Yet such material has propelled Trudeau, at the age of 27, to the top of two professions: funny-paper illustrator and political commentator. The only difference between Garry Trudeau and Eric Sevareid, say Doonesbury fans with some hyperbole...
Some 17% of women in the nation's work force are professionals, though most of them are teachers and nurses. But growing numbers are gaining access to law and medicine, in part because those professions demand specific skills that can disarm sex prejudice. About 25% of entering medical students are...