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...Bakke decision, the Court struck down the University of California Medical School’s strict quota system for minority applicants. But Powell’s decision came from a divided court that came together only on a few central points of the case...
...Court upheld the Michigan law school’s policy of using race as a factor in examining applications on a case-by-case basis, but struck down the undergraduate college’s use of a point system in admissions, which gave all underrepresented minorities a fixed boost...
...fact, Clarkson and Guarini can't wait to see Dumb and Dumberer, and enter into a long and oddly impressive quote session from the original. These two have clearly been around each other a lot. Usually in front of the media. But they have a likable self-star-struck quality about their new celebrity. "At the MTV video music awards, [TLC's] T-Boz actually called us by name," says Clarkson. "I don't know what she said because I couldn't hear anything after that...
...priced ($40,795 as tested), but it takes Volvo's reputation for safety another step, offering such features as electronic roll-stability control and side-curtain air bags that protect passengers the full length of the vehicle. (The front end was even designed to reduce injuries to a pedestrian struck by the car.) The brakes feel just as crisp and effective as those found on Volvo's sedans. And the turbocharged five-cylinder engine puts out 208 h.p., giving ample kick for any family outing but scoring a thrifty 24 m.p.g. on the highway. --By Joseph R. Szczesny/Detroit
...been widely anticipated. After the landmark 1978 Bakke case, in which the Supreme Court ruled that schools could practice affirmative action for the goal of having a diverse student body, but could not use quotas, affirmative action opponents have consistently chipped away at the policy. The Supreme Court has struck down a variety of set aside programs that gave special benefits to minority businesses over the last two decades, and the five justices that normally make up the Court's more conservative majority have been sharply critical of most considerations of race in any context. The Supreme Court wasn...