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...Rice, who went on to get a master's degree in public administration, was re-elected mayor in 1993 with 67% of the vote, and now he's running in the Democratic primary for Governor. He has won praise for crime prevention and restraints on spending growth. Comic Relief VII named him America's funniest mayor...
...star Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf imploded before it became a central national concern. But it's almost unfortunate in light of the legal, religious and moral issues it raised: Was the NBA's action consistent with American ideals of freedom of speech and expression? Was the suspension legal under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act? Does Abdul-Rauf have legitimate religious grounds for his action? Does that have bearing on the soundness of his position...
...work force by giving preferential treatment to any individual or group." In a memo to the Senate, the floor managers of the bill assured their colleagues that "any deliberate attempt to maintain a racial balance, whatever such a balance may be, would involve a violation of Title VII [of the Act] because maintaining such a balance would require an employer to hire or to refuse to hire on the basis of race...
...terror. We fear they will be losers; we suspect they will never measure up to past loves -- and often intuition proves true. The world, after all, really did not need book and movie versions of Oliver's Story or the films The Godfather III and Police Academy II through VII. Nor did the world hold its breath for the onset, in 1991, of Scarlett, romance writer Alexandra Ripley's 823-page follow-up to Gone With the Wind. Columnist Molly Ivins spoke for most reviewers when she wrote, "I have nothing against trashy books -- I like good trash -- but this...
...fact is, trouble in the monarchy is not a new thing. It is the impatient culture in which it takes place today that threatens its justified existence. Charles II had open liaisons with several mistresses, Edward VII committed adultery with actress Lily Langtry, and of course, Henry VIII had a fondness for head-rolling...