Word: raced
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Though the law forbids discrimination on the basis of race, religion and national origin, among other things, gender was the main issue. Women were the only group that most clubs would confess to barring. The ordinance had been challenged in court by the New York State Club Association, which claimed that it violated the right of free association. Not so, said Justice Byron White, writing for the court. "It may well be that a considerable amount of private or intimate association occurs in such a setting . . . but that fact alone does not afford the entity as a whole any constitutional...
Ostensibly, legislators take money from lobbyists to help with their campaigns. Yet most House incumbents are re-elected easily; many run unopposed. Unlike the bride who returns wedding gifts when the marriage is called off, members of Congress keep what they are given, even when there is no real race. Upon retirement, a member elected before 1980 can keep this pot of money for his personal use -- a kind of IRA with no strings attached. So far, New York Democrat Stephen Solarz has piled up more than $800,000, as has Illinois Democrat Dan Rostenkowski; New Jersey Republican Matthew Rinaldo...
...last few years, Dartmouth has been the scene of well-publicized clashes over questions of race involving students associated with the campus right-wing journal, The Dartmouth Review, which have led some to question the school's reputation for being one of the country's top academic institutions...
...ploy continues to sell perfume, the smells may branch out even further. Imagine if advertisers, in their search for more vivid copy, began running scent strips, say, for Aqueduct Race Track. Or Magic Johnson's Converse ERX 400 high-tops, or Macanudo, the ultimate cigar. It would be enough to make some readers wish they had a cold...
...messenger unaware, the pith-helmeted colored, or mixed-race, mailman pedaled his bicycle past the bougainvillea that lined the quiet suburban street. He stopped and rang the bell at the home of a theology professor at South Africa's Stellenbosch University. A tall, stoop-shouldered man came to the door. Curious, then amazed, the mailman watched the professor open the envelope, read the brief message and suddenly begin weeping. The mailman had no way of knowing they were tears...