Word: skin
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...matters of race. His comparison of affirmative action to the Americans with Disabilities Act rang true. Just as we don't guarantee disabled Americans a job, but we promise them a ramp so that they can get to the interview, we assure all Americans, that regardless what color their skin is, they will be recruited and considered as workers, students and leaders. Dole failed to convince me that anything but the "long arm of the federal government" can keep America fair. The tax credit for family leave and the appeals to equality don't mean much if those rights...
...serious contender who was not a white Christian heterosexual male. Colin Powell is often used as a counter-example, but he never actually ran for president and no one quite knew what he stood for. If it had come to an election, be assured the color of his skin would have outweighed the content of his character...
That civil outcome did not appear to lift the spirits of the Palestinian leader. At the White House press conference his expression was glazed, his skin gray and drawn. He canceled a press conference of his own, and at a dinner at the Egyptian embassy, Arafat behaved even more dispiritedly. "He looked sick and incapable of focusing," said a guest at the meal. "His entourage was in the same state; they all seemed unable to absorb the enormity of the situation they found themselves in." While guests at the dinner tried to discuss the coming talks, Arafat and his followers...
...Italian American who lived in Italy 10 years, I found the selection of a black Miss Italy very promising [PEOPLE, Sept. 23]. The Italians are setting an important example for others. They appreciate beauty independent of skin color. But the choice remains controversial. Half the Italians believe that the winner should represent them as a people and embody nearly 3,000 years of history, culture and tradition that are unique. Others believe differently. But Italy, as a modern republic, is composed of many different people. Since this is the case, the representative of the country's beauty could...
DIED. ROBERT BOURASSA, 63, recently retired Quebec Premier whose antiseparatist, pro-French cultural policies reflected the Canadian province's torn allegiances; of skin cancer; in Montreal...