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...black President, even though statisticaily there should have been four o? five by now. Of course there has been discrimination-in choosing Presidents and hiring utility workers, as in every other type of American activity. The real task is to find some standard that will let us sift through the various types of discrimination and separate the truly outrageous from the merely unconscionable...
...taking all young men, which is the only fair thing to do. We're going to sift them first, and all of a sudden the bottom will drop out," Feeney said...
Grunting in a heavy Aragonese accent, Director Buñuel articulates his mouth little and his bones even less. As a result, actors and production staff are often forced to sift for themselves every mysterious movement. "He's old; he has his own way of working and his own discipline, and you have to fit into that discipline," says Deneuve. "You wake up in the morning knowing you're going to have to accept what he tells you to do without question; not with resignation but with confidence." Her confidence may have been bolstered by another...
...called on the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council for help. Through its Division of Medical Sciences, the NAS-NRC enlisted no fewer than 180 of the nation's top research physicians and divided them into 30 panels of six members each. It took five panels to sift the anti-infection agents alone. Dermatological drugs required another three panels, and drugs for the treatment of heart diseases...
...thing about the recommendations was how they came about. Two years ago, Dearden created a diocesan synod to discuss such changes. More than 80,000 adult participants, working in 7,200 groups at 335 parishes, made more than 65,000 proposals. It took a computer and nine commissions to sift them into their final form. Even now, said Dearden at a special Mass of thanksgiving last week, the changes were not to be considered "a goal achieved, but a beginning...