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There's also the plausible theory that the ruling doesn't conflict with earlier Rehnquist decisions that states are exempt from Congress's age and disability antidiscrimination laws; women have more constitutional protections against bias. Rehnquist's next chance to show his soft side: the court will decide this month whether to hear the disabilities-discrimination case of a Tennessee amputee who had to drag himself up the steps of a non--handicapped-accessible courthouse. --By Viveca Novak

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Justice Rehnquist, Secret Feminist? | 6/9/2003 | See Source »

Between sipping her decaf and munching on an apple, the soft-spoken giant of the psychology world tells the circuitous story of her life at Harvard, from grad student to activist to professor to world-famous public intellectual on gender...

Author: By Lauren R. Dorgan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Trailblazer Takes Off | 6/6/2003 | See Source »

...witty Californian future politician who revolutionized the Quincy Grille. An often-elusive lover of theater and Irish verse. A soft-spoken director and musician from Ohio. A die-hard Celtics fan who hopes to right injustice through documentary film. A thrill-seeking Bostonian who spent a summer investigating the patterns of Dominican migration. A government concentrator who wants to understand race relations. An aspiring human rights lawyer from England. A musician with a passion for linguistics who makes sushi and memorizes Beatles trivia...

Author: By Daniela J. Lamas, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Four-Year Path to a Quincy Suite | 6/5/2003 | See Source »

Following on the heels of a soft-spoken, Renaissance-scholar president who inspired more sympathy than fear, supporters say the chief executive Summers brings a welcome sense of power and order to the table...

Author: By Jenifer L. Steinhardt and Elisabeth S. Theodore, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: The Sophomore | 6/5/2003 | See Source »

...implemented a “soft freeze” on administrative hiring and will give out lower raises than last year...

Author: By Stephen M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: University Deficits Are Slight Despite Stagnant Economy | 6/5/2003 | See Source »

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