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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dangerous to the prosecution. Pugilistic defense attorney Barry Scheck forced Los Angeles criminalist Dennis Fung to admit to a series of apparent oversights, slips and errors made in gathering and preserving physical evidence. Meanwhile, Judge Lance Ito summoned ousted juror Jeanette Harris to a special hearing in order to quiz her about her allegations of racial tensions on the jury. Among her complaints: a system of segregated gyms and video-viewing rooms was set up because of disagreements between white and black jurors; she also alleged that whites were given preferential treatment on a shopping trip. All of which could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WEEK: APRIL 9-15 | 4/24/1995 | See Source »

Multiple choice tests (such as the SAT and IQ) have been proven to give accurate measurements of aptitude and ability (which of course are partially based on genetics and race). This has led conservatives to create tests to measure political intelligence. This simple quiz will test your knowledge of affirmative action...

Author: By David W. Brown, | Title: Affirmative Action Aptitude Test | 4/7/1995 | See Source »

...Quiz Show. Science Center C. 8:00, 10:30p.m. $3 students. The Academy-Award-nominatedstory of the T.V. quiz-show scandals of the 1950s...

Author: By Kelly T. Yee, | Title: At Harvard | 3/9/1995 | See Source »

...Quiz Show. Science Center C. 8:00, 10:30p.m. $3 students. (See March 10 Listing...

Author: By Kelly T. Yee, | Title: At Harvard | 3/9/1995 | See Source »

Appearances can be deceiving, for hunger and its particular dangers cannot always be seen from the outside. Rickets may seem like a quaint problem, or the answer to a trivia quiz, but school administrators still know firsthand what it is like to deal with a child who is not getting enough to eat. Linda Butcher, coordinator for health services in Oxnard elementary school district, a California agricultural community with about 14,000 students, says that before her schools applied for the School Breakfast Program, students would start feeling sick in the middle of the morning. Instead of playing during recess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TO BE LEANER OR MEANER ? | 3/6/1995 | See Source »

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