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...rest of the country, affirmative action is undergoing a stringent revaluation. The California Civil Rights Initiative, a proposed state referendum, would prohibit race-based employment programs, public education admissions and government contracts. Meanwhile, President Clinton is reviewing the government's affirmative action program as Republicans in Congress attempt to dismantle...
...ordinance also bans smoking in public workplaces, except where employees have no contact with co-workers. It also proposes to prohibit smoking in retail stores, hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, taxis and limousines...
...view that the banners should have been allowed to remain; he recognized them as an essential part of the political dialogue. Yet almost before the senator had finished his words, Dean Carnesale, who was moderating the speech, declared that it was the policy of the Kennedy School to prohibit all signs in the ARCO Forum. He announced, "I'll take the responsibility," and observed that there were no "advertisements for gas stations" hung on the wall, either. However, in overlooking the distinction between speech pertinent to political discourse and that which is not, Carnesale undercut the very dialogue that...
...Contract with America: the Contract with the American Family. Meanwhile, presidential candidates are dropping in on Reed for counsel. Bob Dole's attack on the morals of Hollywood was the result of consultations with Reed. Lamar Alexander, who last summer held that Washington should neither subsidize nor prohibit abortion, began shifting his view to the right after calling on Reed, who then rewarded the candidate by describing him as "pro-life." Says William Lacy, chief strategist for Dole's presidential bid: "Without having significant support of the Christian right a Republican cannot win the nomination or the general election." Reed...
...vote, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states may not prohibit the dissemination of anonymous campaign literature. Citing free-speech guarantees, the Justices invalidated an Ohio election law-one akin to those found in many states-that required campaign pamphleteers to print their names and addresses on their materials. "Anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority," said Justice John Paul Stevens...