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...character was supposed to be a more handsome, intelligent, and articulate Asian. Whenever he came onscreen, there was a caption that read something like "Positive Ethnic Role Model." Clearly, the show's creators were aware that they were offending people. Their solution, however, was glib and insensitive, belittling valid anger with a ludicrously negative portrayal...
...Republican assault on Dukakis' furlough policy had stopped with making these valid points, Democrats and blacks would have no just cause for complaint. But the Republican attack did not stop there. Instead, Bush's handlers tapped into the rich lode of white fear and resentment of blacks that the G.O.P. staked out more than 20 years ago, when the party of Lincoln recast itself as the embodiment of the white backlash. It started with Barry Goldwater railing against Earl Warren's Supreme Court and civil rights legislation. Then, as the long hot summers blazed, Richard Nixon courted voters with...
...extreme cruelty, and that right is currently protected by law. Farmers, of all people, respect these rights, both out of economic self-interest and a familiarity gained from long association. Animal rights advocates see certain practices as intrinsically wrong, and justify their beliefs with arguments no more (or less) valid than those of religious devotees who eschew the killing of certain creatures, but which are wholly subjective. These activists would like, through Question 3, to become the ethical decision makers for all of us. With the power of government and lawsuit behind them, we would all pay for the personal...
However, an NLRB judge ruled on Monday that the union was not guilty of illegal campaigning on election day, saying the vote was valid and the union should be certified...
...groups discuss cultural, environmental, and social issues, the Soviet students said. Before these groups were accepted by the government, the only valid extracurricular organizations were formal groups instituted by the government and directed toward students' future professions...