Word: adolph
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With six appearances in the Final Four, he has now pulled abreast of the University of Kentucky's fabled Adolph Rupp, a mean truth to many of the college-basketball fans "out in the state." Everywhere but Louisville, and sometimes in Louisville, the Cardinals are still referred to as "the blackbirds." While U.K. broke its color line way back in 1970, the Wildcat affirmative-action program pales in contrast to U.L.'s. It is conceivable that Duke had more rooters in the state of Kentucky than in both of the Carolinas...
...Oscar nomination for Best Actress. Goldberg has the perfect face for Celie, capable as she is of transforming the worried lines of meekness and suffering into a stiffled grin and a twinkle in the eye that belie convert amusement and joy. Also creating a reserve of depth is Adolph Caesar as Mister's father, the swaggering, comic fool who sires the story's principal tyrant. In fact, some of the film's most engaging moments are those featuring the minor and often humorous characters that Walker used to show the absurdity of Celie's situation...
...Coors boycott was begun in 1977 after the Adolph Coors Brewery Company refused to bargain with its workers over issues such as forced lie detector tests, compulsory physical examinations and search and seizure of employees' private property by Coors's private police force. Coors has been cited by the National Labor Relations Board for a number of instances of illegal harrassment of employees and continues to harrass and dismiss employees who support unionization. The company has broken 19 unions in the last 20 years. In addition Coors has been implicated in hazardous waste dumping and in unfair employment practices...
Boston labor unions have launched a boycott of the Adolph Coors Co. alleging discrimination against minority groups and trade union members...
...Shook, Media Relations Specialist at Adolph Coors Co., denied the charges saying, "Coors is not anti-union, but pro-people. It's one of the most progressive companies." He said Coors endorses social and civic programs such as the National Black Economic Development Coalition and several environmental organizations...