Word: quotas
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...allows citizens to rank their choice of candidates, and then redistributes votes when candidates reach a "quota" of approximately 10 percent of the votes cast, Scheir says...
Most members are looking for concessions that would minimize the local impact of exports from Mexico. California lawmakers want to delay lifting the wine quota. Martin Frost of Texas is worried about flat-glass imports, and has asked for a study on how many jobs will be lost and won in his district. Republican Dan Miller is worried about the impact of Mexican produce on vegetable growers in his Florida district who specialize in the "winter tomatoes" that spruce up salads between late fall and early spring. "I've got a major tomato problem," said Miller last week...
Steve N. Kalkanis `93, a first-year MedicalSchool student, says the plan might require acertain number of graduates to become familypractitioners, thereby limiting the number ofresidencies in specialties. The cause for primarycare has been championed for several years, andsome organizations have called for a quota formedical school graduating classes of 50 percentprimary care physicians...
While you were gone for the summer, traveling in Europe or earning enough money to return for another semester, Harvard was busy grinding out its usual quota of news. Here are some of the highlights...
Sounding the call of "reverse discrimination" (which ranks among racially charged phrases like "quota queen" and "welfare mother"), Stonecypher and his parents have filed a complaint with the Department of Education alleging that Harvard discriminates against (gasp!) white males...