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...single-sex schools vis-a-vis Title IX's prohibition against sex discrimination has never been clearly established by the courts. The Supreme Court addressed the issue of single-sex public education in the pre-college years only once, in 1976. The decision of the Court was to uphold the constitutionality of single-sex boys and girls schools in Philadelphia...
...animals deserve to be put off the face of the earth," explains Richard Brill, a retired government cartographer in Denver. But there's a distinction to be made between revenge--a hot, deeply personal desire to hurt the malefactor--and retribution--a statelier and more carefully considered decision to uphold the values of society...
Among the most widely recognized is Portland's Wieden & Kennedy (1996 billings: $525 million). Its gritty, muscular spots for Nike featuring Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan have helped the athletic-shoe maker uphold its market leadership; other clients include Microsoft, Coca-Cola and Miller Genuine Draft. President Dan Wieden counts acid-dropping Merry Prankster Ken Kesey, author of One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, as a friend, which might give some hint as to the agency's creative mind...
...addition the confrontation between protesters who feel the case warrants breaking Harvard's rule of silence about tenure decisions and those who must uphold the process--and its confidentiality--has led to a web of veiled accusations and incomplete information...
...Justice Department lawyer Seth P. Waxman '73, yesterday, urging the Supreme Court to uphold the 1996 Communications Decency Act in Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union...