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...organization has been seriously weakened by close cooperation between the French and Spanish security forces, who have arrested many of its leaders and seized quantities of arms, explosives and ammunition as well as computer files with valuable information on the members and their activities. Although there has been a spate of bombings in recent months, most were preceded by warnings, and while they caused considerable damage to property, there have been no deaths since...
...study published in 1996, black students had settled in the Quad, and Asian students were concentrated in Quincy. Eliot, Kirkland, and Winthrop were known as the “White Triangle.” But in fact, Mather held the highest percentage of white students, following a spate of racist graffiti there in the 1990s...
...freshman Emma Moretzsohn, the Ivies’ tallest player, keyed 22 points in a loss to Big East opponent Providence on Dec. 21. Delaney-Smith’s hand has been forced to give the underclassmen big minutes due to a combination of team underperformance and, more damningly, a spate of crushing injuries. Co-captain Jessica Holsey has missed action with a broken hand since Dec. 7. Her cast has been removed, and she has returned to practice, but Delaney-Smith maintains that Holsey’s status will remain day-to-day. She was mum on whether Holsey would...
...what exactly are companies doing wrong? After a spate of antidiscrimination lawsuits in the 1960s and '70s, corporations initiated minority-hiring programs that have resulted in remarkably integrated workplaces. Many large companies sponsor affinity groups and provide tools to help minorities and women navigate their careers. But few minority women make it into the highest ranks--held back, some say, by unique challenges. According to the 1,000 minority women executives interviewed for the study (some of whom TIME spoke with for this article, along with others who did not participate), most corporations don't yet understand those women...
...saving it for a rainy day. Soon after the choice of Alito was announced, the organization Progress for America launched a $425,000 one-week media campaign in support of the nominee. The liberal group People for the American Way is starting a slow rollout of its own spate of anti-Alito commercials, the fastest it has ever started a campaign after the selection of a new nominee. It expects to spend, along with its allies, several million dollars painting Alito as a right-wing judicial activist who will continue to chip away at or perhaps even overturn the right...