Word: upholding
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With the potential consequences of a decision to uphold the ruling so damaging, it is gratifying that the University has decided to prepare an amicus curiae brief to defend the California university's practice of allotting 16 places in each class for minority students. If the U.S. Supreme Court decides to accept the case, Archibald Cox '34, Williston Professor of Law, will write the brief for Harvard. Cox wrote a similar brief two years ago defending the preferential admissions policy of the University of Washington Law School in the DeFunis case. But the Supreme Court did not rule on that...
...traveled the 30 miles from his home town of Albany, Ga. (pop. 80,000), only to find the church door locked, services suspended, and the minister, the Rev. Bruce Edwards, awaiting him outside. As the TV cameras rolled, Edwards told King that the church deacons had decided to uphold a 1965 resolution prohibiting "Negroes and civil rights agitators" from joining the church. Edwards himself had spoken out against the anti-black policy. (Carter left the board of deacons when he became Governor...
After the Mather action, other House committees debated the CRR boycott, and all decided to uphold...
...members of the mob described in your article [Oct. 11] cannot be expected to uphold the law they obviously do not respect...
...river to keep from being shot. Then the blazing finale as a heap of gasoline-soaked bodies were set afire. Finally, over the radio came last week's terse announcement: "The government cannot govern," said a voice. "To keep Thailand from falling prey to the Communists and to uphold the monarchy, this [military] council has seized power. The country is under martial...