Word: quota
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Theoretically, the business of taking ivory from animals alive or dead is highly regulated and ostensibly restricted by African governments. And under an international convention, there is a quota system that puts limits on the number of tusks each country can export...
...writing for the majority, charged that the city had not specifically proved a level of past discrimination that would support its 30% set-aside rule. Wrote O'Connor: "An amorphous claim that there has been past discrimination in a particular industry cannot justify the use of an unyielding racial quota." Although the Richmond law was intended to help minorities, she argued, quota systems are inherently dangerous...
When OPEC members agreed last November to limit the group's oil production to 18.5 million bbl. per day in hopes of boosting prices, veteran oilmen were skeptical. Previous all-for-one pacts had crumbled when members secretly exceeded their quotas. This time producers are still cheating, but considerably less than most experts had expected. Oil-industry analysts estimate that OPEC is producing just 1 million bbl. per day more than the quota. As a result, OPEC's relative restraint is sparking a rally in the oil markets. The price of West Texas intermediate, a benchmark crude, reached...
...confident that Harvard-Radcliffe's admissions system is fair. First, the decentralized steps involved in the process of reviewing applications make a set quota unlikely. Our understanding of the mechanism of the procedure comes from Asian Americans who play integral parts in the admissions process. Susie Chao, a past steering committee member of the Harvard-Radcliffe Asian American Association, has been a full-fledged Admissions Officer for the past three years. Additionally, Ms. Chao serves as Assistant Director of Minority Recruitment and works with two student recruiters/representatives who are permanent liaisons between the Admissions Office...
...efforts for Asian Americans of all socio-economic backrounds. The active schedules of minority student recruiters and the elaborate Minority Pre-Frosh Weekend every April are specific examples of the effort spent in trying to attract as many qualified Asian Americans as possible to Harvard. Having an upper-limit quota is clearly inconsistent with the time, energy and funds the Admissions Office invests in recruiting Asian Americans...