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...hand, if the goal is to create a competitive football league, it would seem predestined to fail. Holding some schools to more stringent standards than others insures that over time the academically less competitive schools become the athletic powerhouses, or at the very least are presented with that opportunity, while the more academically competitive ones are faced with a major handicap. And the recent dominance of three-time defending Ivy League champion Penn indicates that has already happened...
While the University could either opt for a good team or stringent academic standards, with the AI it is left with neither. What it is able to do is have something that it can show to both sides and pretend to give them each what they want...
...that classifies cigarettes as a type of "medical device" capable of delivering an addictive drug--nicotine. The decision triggers FDA regulation, and will be used to impose anti-tobacco rules to protect children. Among them: a strict prohibition of sales to minors, a ban on cigarette-vending machines and stringent curbs on ads aimed at youngsters. The tobacco industry immediately filed suit to stop the measures...
...Persian Gulf War, five years ago. New procedures will include beefing up of airport security personnel, searches of unattended cars at airports, closer surveillance of baggage areas and heightened warnings to passengers not to carry anything aboard an aircraft for someone they do not know. During Desert Storm, more stringent precautions were taken...
...rest of the country, affirmative action is undergoing a stringent revaluation. The California Civil Rights Initiative, a proposed state referendum, would prohibit race-based employment programs, public education admissions and government contracts. Meanwhile, President Clinton is reviewing the government's affirmative action program as Republicans in Congress attempt to dismantle...