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...sent out an e-mail over the group e-mail list questioning whether the increasing number of non-blacks in the group diluted Kuumba's mission of sharing a black musical tradition. An intense e-mail debate followed, with members of the choir examining issues of diversity and inclusion vis-a-vis the possibility of the new multicultural demographics detracting from an "authentic" black experience...
...rounds pierce a tram like a sardine can, and then rushed to Kosevo Hospital to interview the wounded--including a man who had not yet realized that his wife was dying on a nearby operating table? And how much less could any movie mirror that couple's paradoxical stance vis-a-vis a city where coping went hand in hand with despair...
...joined the program] because we care about our customers and the liability of the store vis-a-vis our customers," said Constant B. Effi, assistant manager of Christy's in Harvard Square...
...Yankee fan, and makes the issue of whether the team moves to New Jersey central to his politics. He is symbolic of the link between sports and politics in New York much more so than someone like Ed Koch, for whom the extent of their mayoral duty vis-a-vis sports was a guest appearance in the first inning of the annual Yankees-Mets Mayor's Trophy game...
...position of 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...