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Indeed, all of this paperwork on human rights is essentially nothing but an often powerless tool on the negotiation table. It never really turns anything around. China is still ruled by a stubborn Communist Party, and the homeless people hanging out in Harvard Square are still homeless...
Merely an association with the Unplugged name has become an important marketing tool. No Quarter: Jimmy Page & Robert Plant Unledded, an MTV-supported reunion of two Led Zeppelin members, is a tired album--the musical equivalent of microwaved leftovers--but it has nonetheless sold more than a million copies. And the Eagles' Hell Freezes Over, a wimpy, coldhearted reunion album that was put together, in part, by Unplugged staff members and heavily promoted on MTV, has sold a robust 4 million...
...Political and Economic Studies in Washington shows that affirmative-action programs have had "some positive effects" in opening new opportunities for blacks, but that the measurable benefits in terms of wages and employment have been "quite small." The report concludes, "While affirmative action can be an effective policy tool, its impact is related to the vigor with which it's enforced." Its efficacy has been especially slow in high-paying jobs. Bureau of Labor Statistics figures show that in 1994 whites held 88.8% of managerial and professional positions, down only slightly from 91.6% in 1983. In the same period, blacks...
...articles on "The Toronto That Used to Be." In order to distinguish what he wants to tell her from what he wishes to keep to himself--including his misgivings about Father Hobbes' death--Hullah begins writing notes to himself in a case book, an old-fashioned physician's tool. As his jottings mount up, Hullah notes to himself, "I really must put on the brakes or this Case Book, which I in-tend only as an aide-mamoire, will turn into one of those German Bildungsromanen, about the growth of a human spirit...
...December 1992, Inati Ntshanga '95 wasarrested by Harvard police while he was working inthe Matthews Hall linen office as an employee ofHarvard Student Agencies. Police charged Ntshangawith breaking and entering, trespassing and use ofa burglary tool--his keys to the room. Ntshangawas later acquitted of all charges...