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Sandel took a different tack in favor of the policy. Instead of using a "compensatory rationale," he said diversity should be preserved through affirmative action because diversity itself is a meaningful contribution to a community, particularly at colleges and universities...
...Feingold "as hard and as long as necessary", his actions make his words ring somewhat hollow, according to opponents. "It would help to lead by example," said Ann McBride, president of Common Cause. Soft-money reform advocates claim McCain-Feingold is not dead, and that they will try to tack it on as an amendment to future bills. The bill had the support of as many as 53 senators Tuesday...
Fisher launched the trade case in part to get Kodak on the offensive and force Fuji to raise prices. He took a similar tack at Motorola, using U.S. government negotiators to open the Japanese market for microchips. Last week House Speaker Newt Gingrich and minority leader Dick Gephardt urged President Clinton to use "all available means" to pry open Japan's market. Fuji denies any wrongdoing, and it is preparing to make the issue moot in the future by adding a 35-mm color-film plant, part of a $200 million investment, to its existing manufacturing complex in Greenwood...
...investments go, that's not exactly blowing the roof off. But take risk into account and tack on the tax and leverage benefits of a mortgage, and you have an asset that in coming years just might (gulp!) beat the stock market. Should you sell all your stocks and hire a carpenter? Of course not. For convenience and superior long-term returns, stocks remain the way to go. But real estate rises about as fast, and while you can't easily sell your house to capture the gain, you do get to live in it. Here...
...Talk about RUNNING nowhere fast. Men who consistently jog 40 miles or more a week still put on pounds as they age--about 3.3 lbs. per decade, plus about 3/4 of an inch on their waistlines. How to avert the girth? Tack on more and more miles each year...