Word: raced
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That will end what civil rights groups regard as a four-year hamstringing of enforcement of the laws barring discrimination on the basis of race, sex, age or handicap. In its 1984 Grove City College v. Bell decision, the Supreme Court ruled that those laws were not intended to apply to entire institutions that receive federal aid, such as colleges, hospitals and corporations, but only to particular programs. Thus a university laboratory that received federal research grants could not discriminate, but the same university's history department that got no cash from Washington could. Legislators howled that the court...
...nominee right now. I'm ready to endorse Mike if someone will help me put him over the top." The silence that followed was almost as long as the primary season. "No deal," said Richard Gephardt at last. "I've given up my House seat for this race, and I'm $700,000 in debt. It does none of us any good, except Mike, to change the rules now." Kirk and the candidates spent the next hour arguing over what to say to the press...
Gore was careful not to mention the vice presidency; that would be seen as pandering. The promise of consultation on jobs was implicit. There was no need to dwell on it. What Gore discussed instead was their shared Southern heritage and what it had taught him about race, poverty and man's capacity to change. There was a passion in Gore's voice that a Northerner like Dukakis could not have equaled...
...March 28 issue of Sports Illustrated includes sophomore trackwoman Meredith Rainey in the Faces in the Crowd section, a feature that recognizes amateur athletes for their performances. Rainey's 53:89 time in the 400-meter race at the Heptagonals Track and Field Championships last week broke the mark set by Columbia's Heather Ruddock...
Bradley said he hoped the endorsement would end speculation about his entering the race. The senator, a former Rhodes scholar and New York Knicks basketball star, has said repeatedly he does not feel ready for the White House...