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...other somebodies didn't get a chance to own the Texas Rangers or to use the capital Bush borrowed to buy his share of the team because these somebodies were nobodies. Life is unfair. A legitimate criticism of affirmative action is that it politicizes life chances and focuses blame on race. If you get turned down by Yale to make room for a George W., you're not even aware of it. But if you get turned down by the University of Michigan, you're likely to blame affirmative action (if you're white), even though the numbers...
Leaving the hospital after knee surgery, QUEEN ELIZABETH II was greeted by what the Times of London described as an "audible intake of breath" from onlookers. And who could blame them? The woman was wearing pants. In her 50 years on the throne, QE2 has clung to a conservative wardrobe of skirts and dresses. Her pantsuit prompted reams of commentary, from approval of her accessories (pearls, silk scarf) to interviews with Peter Enrione, the man who designed the ensemble. A scramble to uncover the last time the Queen appeared publicly in trousers turned up a photo from 1945, when...
Orfield and the report’s other authors blame the problem chiefly on three Supreme Court decisions of the early 1990s that lowered the standards for what is necessary to be considered a desegregated school. Since that time, lower courts have found that school districts throughout the nation have met the new standard...
...appetite and tremors. For up to 60% of users, Prozac will interfere with their sex drive. Given indiscriminately to manic-depressives, it can trigger serious manic episodes. And there is anecdotal evidence linking Prozac with suicide and other violent behavior, although whether Prozac or the underlying depression is to blame is still an open question...
...Mine owner Wang, who inherited the business from his father, insists he's not to blame for the locals' travails. "The houses in the town are cracking because they're old," he says, not because of his mining operation. The complaints, he adds, "have passed the limit of my forbearance." Nonetheless, Wang says he's willing to pay damages "because the county government is determined to settle this quarrel." So far, the petitioners have received none of the cash they've been told to expect...