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...spear carrier in the Gingrich revolution. He hates liberals with a special glee. But Barr's district is in demographic flux, with an infusion of Hispanics and transplanted Northerners. There were signs of trouble two years ago, when Barr faced an unknown Democratic challenger who spent just $14,000--vs. Barr's $1.4 million--but still collected 45% of the vote...
While minority admissions at the University of California system overall have dipped only slightly since a ban on affirmative action took effect in 1998, they have plummeted at the most selective campuses. At Berkeley, for example, the class entering this fall included 608 Chicano students, vs. 1,013 in 1997. In response, the elite schools have moved aggressively to recruit at minority high schools--and even to improve the performance of students who are graduating from them. This year the U.C. system will spend $250 million on outreach, from installing tutors at low-income schools to inviting high school teachers...
Other Harvard students feel left out by the New York vs. New York match...
...children 24 hours a day and those who end up there because they can't forge a good job-family balance in a 24/7 working world. "Americans now work more than any other people--even the Japanese," notes Williams. That's 1,966 hours a year for the Americans vs. 1,889 for the Japanese, according to a 1999 study by the U.N. International Labor Organization. "The executive schedule today basically requires you to be childless or have a wife at home," says Williams...
Having studied 1,000 squabbling couples (if you can imagine that!), Epstein and colleague Donald Baucom of the University of North Carolina determined that the roots of most discord lie in three key areas: autonomy vs. togetherness; emotional investment; and the issue of control...