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Dates: during 2000-2000
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When a black college freshman applied to join Alpha Gamma Delta at the University of Georgia last August, most members of the all-white sorority were horrified. As they gathered inside their neoclassical mansion to discuss the new applicants, the sisters of AGD singled out the black freshman and talked about her separately. "Why does she want to go through white rush?" asked a sorority member. Another warned, "If we had a black girl in our sorority, none of the fraternities would want to do anything with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blacks Need Not Apply | 11/6/2000 | See Source »

...Gore stumbled from alpha male to Prozac-ed debater - like an over-the-hill teen pop star searching for a comeback image - the Bush team decided on its plan. It would take all of Gore's perceived weaknesses and find a way to define them as all being part of the same character flaw. And the kicker would be that it was the same defect that the public had detected in Clinton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This May Be a Pre-Mortem of the 2000 Campaign | 11/3/2000 | See Source »

...authorize 'Station Alpha' for the entire Expedition One mission," Golin said. "Now you can sleep well at night and not have any concerns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Upward Bound: Tales of Space Station Alpha | 11/2/2000 | See Source »

...Shepherd signed off with the words, "Out, from Space Station Alpha...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Upward Bound: Tales of Space Station Alpha | 11/2/2000 | See Source »

When a black college freshman applied to join Alpha Gamma Delta at the University of Georgia last August, most members of the all-white sorority were horrified. As they gathered inside their neoclassical mansion to discuss the new applicants, the sisters of AGD singled out the black freshman and talked about her separately. "Why does she want to go through white rush?" asked a sorority member. Another warned, "If we had a black girl in our sorority, none of the fraternities would want to do anything with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blacks Need Not Apply | 11/2/2000 | See Source »

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