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Both Loury and the Administration areresponding to reports that civil rights groupswere preparing to oppose the 38-year-old KennedySchool professor's nomination because of hisopposition to affirmative action as a "stigma" onBlacks...
...country's steep taxes on hooch. A 1 3/4-liter bottle of Smirnoff vodka sells for as much as $26.50 in Canada, with taxes accounting for nearly $22 of the price. A similar size bottle can be had for only $16 across the border in New York. "There's little stigma attached to smuggling liquor," says William McKissock, a senior Canada Customs antismuggling officer. "It's a lot easier to sell a case of Scotch than a kilo of cocaine...
Supporters on the Judicial Board say that it will not bear the stigma of a political tribunal, but will be similar to the Supreme Court, establishing precedent and campus common...
...these people submit to frisking and lice checks as they enter shelters, drink free soup in church kitchens during the day and try to carry their possessions as unobtrusively as possible to avoid the stigma of grimy, bulging plastic bags. They do not match the stereotypes; In fact, their loneliness tends to exaggerate eccentricities they might have hidden in a normal life...
...With the stigma lifting and demand growing, massage therapy has become an entrepreneur's dream. Schools are proliferating; there are now about 300. Many therapists are concerned, however, about the lack of uniform training standards: the American Massage Therapy Association has approved only 51 schools. Moreover, the field is poorly regulated by outside authorities. Just 13 states have licensing requirements, and their criteria vary widely. Florida, for example, requires therapists to complete 500 hours of training, while Ohio calls for half that...