Word: stepped
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Even if it would not dissuade institutions from seeking qualified minority students, a decision for Bakke would deprive universities of the recruiting benefits that result from minority admissions programs, which for many minority students represent the only opportunity for fulfilling their dreams. The net effect would be a giant step backwards for the civil rights movement. In this sense, the case takes on a symbolic tone that renders the legal specifics less important...
...Helms factor largely accounts for the unusual delay in the resolution of an otherwise routine perjury investigation. Attorney General Griffin Bell has taken the extraordinary step of consulting President Carter on the case, reasoning that an unprecedented trial of a former intelligence chief might expose details of the CIA's operations in Chile and other national security materials relating to the Allende years. To complicate the decision facing Bell and the Carter administration, Helms reportedly told Justice Department investigators in 1974 that he would name Kissinger as the Nixon administration official who ordered Helms to perjure himself before the Senate...
...Cardinal Spellman High School in New York, the step on Savage's education ladder that preceded Harvard, obscurity was never a problem for the Mather history major. Like everyone else who plays college ball, Savage was a high school captain. Like everyone else, he was All-City and played more than one position. Defensive end, offensive guard, offensive tackle, punter. That's four. And, like at least a few, Savage chose Harvard over some of the big-name football factories...
Engineers have spared no effort in recent years trying to reduce the size of everything from computers to portable radios. But Edwin Land, developer of the Polaroid instant camera, has taken a giant step in the opposite direction. At an exhibit at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts this week, Land will show off one of the world's largest cameras, a room-sized blowup of his old invention that in only a minute can make a full-color, full-sized copy of a masterpiece...
...most profitable operation; they earned $10 million last year. Playboy plans a $50 million gambling palace in Atlantic City, N.J. Daniels also wants to license use of the company's trademark, the Playboy bunny, which he calls the "best in the world after Coca-Cola." A first step: Optipatent Ag, a Swiss optical manufacturer, will pay P.E.I, to splash the bunny over its sunglasses...