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...when they're sure you're not an unctuous agitator for Prospect Club, they are willing to talk to you freely, gather, gather around and tell you calmly about the fist fight at the meeting when Court Club decided to cut its Jewish quota in half because an unintentional influx one year was causing its prestige to flag; about what an ICC president told one of them privately and with a certain sadness one day, that "anti-Semitism in the clubs is something that can neither be exposed, nor proved, nor cured"; about the tacit and explicit demands of club...
...recognizes the right of every club to be selective. Selectivity implies the right of a club to impose a religious quota, if it so desires,"--text of a statement released by the Interclub Committee, Princeton University, February 10, 1958--"The ICC does not approve of religious and racial discrimination, but has no power to control the Bicker policy of individual clubs. Ultimate responsibility for religious and racial discrimination rests with individual members of individual clubs...
...suspense films: Mix quirky but endearing characters. Add love story and dash of intrigue. Garnish with slam-bang conclusion in odd place, i.e., merry-go-round, theater, Mount Rush-more. Alfred Hitchock, the master of such concoctions, entranced audiences with well-developed characters and more than the usual quota of suspense. He involved audiences in his mysteries, by sharing the guilt of the crimes: they knew where the gun was hidden, who was the double...
...major force in figure skating (see box), finishing second in the women's competition. A stylish Swiss, Denise Biellmann, 18, showed a few complicated moves of her own and took the gold. And once more, the Soviets proved that at least one factory is meeting its production quota quite successfully: Irina Vorobieva and Igor Lisovski won the gold medal for pairs, joining a line of Russian couples champions that stretches back five Olympiads...
Leon fails, though, because the relationship between him and the residents is a two-way street. Until they also love Leon, his efforts disappear. Because of a lack of love for the majority, many in power today are able to argue against quota-based affirmative action. If institutions set a specific level of minority acceptance in their admissions policy, the reasoning goes, these students might feel stigmatized and separated from the others...