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...facilities are inherently unequal" and violate the Constitution's equal-protection guarantee, a unanimous Supreme Court ruled on May 17, 1954. A year later, the court ruled that school districts must admit black students on a nondiscriminatory basis "with all deliberate speed" and instructed the federal district courts to retain jurisdiction "during this period of transition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE END OF INTEGRATION | 4/29/1996 | See Source »

...regret that two of Harvard's largest departments, in trying to make their requirements more palatable to students, are diluting their curricula. In order to retain its academic reputation, Harvard should encourage its departments to retain their rigor. We encourage the Educational Policy Committee, headed by Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles, to consider these decisions seriously and make recommendations in the future to preserve Harvard's academic integrity...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: General Exams Are Crucial | 4/17/1996 | See Source »

...totally faithful to the text. Yet to make any changes can be deemed a sacrilege. To kids, a fairy tale is as sacred as the Pentateuch; it instructs them in the perils and wonders of the world they are just getting used to. Even as adults, they may retain what they believe to be a moral copyright on their memory of favorite stories. Don't dig up my Secret Garden, they protest. Don't abuse my Seuss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: TAKING OUT THE BUGS | 4/15/1996 | See Source »

...retain the ability to determine when people leave because we can't decide where they leave," Margulies said. "This way we can give a consistent level of services and won't disrupt any of our services...

Author: By Andrew A. Green, | Title: OIT Announces Layoffs, Firings To Save Costs | 4/13/1996 | See Source »

...none is going to be the first to walk away. "If this is what we have to do, by God, we're going to show that we can be competitive," says Charles Gargano, chairman of New York's Empire State Development Corporation, which dispenses tax breaks to recruit and retain big businesses. The state agency recently kicked in $26 million to a $99 million war chest that New York City hopes will keep both the Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange and the New York Cotton Exchange from moving to New Jersey with their 5,000 jobs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A NO-WIN WAR BETWEEN THE STATES | 4/8/1996 | See Source »

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