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Stephan A. Thernstrom, Winthrop professor ofhistory, was the expert witness for the plaintiff."This indeed was still a quota system, andstudents were still being admitted or not admittedbased on their race," Thernstrom said in aninterview last night...
McLaughlin successfully argued that this"quota" denied equal opportunity to all citizens...
Even with the additional production from the Glades, propped up by price supports, the U.S. can't produce all the sugar it needs. The Federal Government rations access to the lucrative U.S. market by assigning quotas to 40 sugar-producing nations, most of them developing countries. And, remarkably, the Fanjuls have found riches here too. Every year, the country that receives the largest sugar quota is the Dominican Republic. With a per-capita income of $1,600 a year and an unemployment rate hovering around 20%, that Caribbean nation needs all the economic help...
While she says "we don't have a quota," Fadule and her office, in conjunction with the Women's Student Association (WSA), have launched outreach and marketing efforts to attract female applicants...
...delicate quality are conveyed by diplomatic pouch to the U.S. and distributed through the Washington-Harvard network to only eight select Faculty members. "As you may imagine, the number of such appendices annually available to each of us is not generous," said DeVore, "But alas, I find my quota sufficient for my needs...