Word: rivers
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...weeks ago, Bollinger and William Bowen, co-author of The Shape of the River, an influential book about affirmative action on campus, briefed Ford about Michigan's affirmative-action procedures, which have been reviewed to ensure that they comply with Supreme Court rulings. For example, Michigan's law school does not set numerical targets for minority students. Instead, in addition to grades and test scores, it relies heavily on letters of recommendation, the applicant's essay and evidence of leadership ability. The number of minority students who enter the law school varies greatly from year to year. Surveys show there...
Asked which threat to the region is most pressing, Terry Springer replies with a fable of a puppy crossing the river with a knapsack. As the little dog crosses the river, people gradually add stones to the knapsack until the puppy drowns. "Which stone killed the puppy?" asks Springer...
...included a reference to the death of a man who parachuted from the top of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. The correct spelling of the jumper's name is Frank Gambalie III. Also, he did not die from the jump but apparently drowned after diving into a river as he fled from park rangers...
...chairman Ted Stevens; Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg taught a law class held at Crete's Sirens Beach Resort Hotel; Senator John McCain will settle in on a houseboat in Lake Powell, Ariz.; Speaker Dennis Hastert will attend the reopening of the Reichstag; Al Gore went canoeing on the Connecticut River...
Like many in the clan, Townsend grew up with football and politics and the Washington social swirl and got the requisite Harvard degree. She courted David during a trip down the Mississippi River on a homemade raft just after Hurricane Agnes in 1972. They were married in 1973, and a law degree and children followed. Her involvement in politics consisted mainly of volunteering for her uncle Ted's campaigns and stumping for local and congressional Democratic candidates. But two years after the family moved to David's home state of Maryland, in 1984, she decided to run for a congressional...