Word: seriousness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Buried beneath this ethnic jousting is a serious issue. Over the years, affirmative-action programs have become diluted as more and more groups have been awarded minority status. If the Lalonde bill makes it through the state senate and is signed into law, roughly half of Louisiana's 4 million residents will belong to officially designated minority groups...
...charges before the NLRB now are the most serious ever filed. The board is currently investigating the conduct of both sides in the May election, and will decide whether to nullify the results and call for a new election or simply affirm the results. The board could reach a decision within a month, or it could decide to conduct further hearings, postponing union certification for an indefinite time period...
...some Harvard employees, working for the University brings with it not only a paycheck but also serious health hazards...
Administrators from President Bok to FAS's Equal Employment Opportunity Officer have recognized Harvard's serious shortage of minority professors, but they contend that the pool of available job applicants is the primary reason for the problem...
Associate Dean and Bussey Professor of Law Frank E. A. Sander agrees with Vorenberg's view, saying, "I think the politics have not been a serious distraction...