Word: blinding
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...that America's society was basically good despite segregation. In their hearts and minds, Americans believed that completely -- and eventually, of course, the remnants of at least legal discrimination were abolished. Similarly, Kuwait's problems should be seen in context. Like Israel, an essentially decent nation despite some glaring blind spots, Kuwait before Saddam was a good country in a bad neighborhood. It will surely be that again, but it could be much more. A terrible tragedy has afforded Kuwait the rarest of opportunities, a true second chance. If it rises to the challenge, a good country could become...
...higher education. According to the most recent statistics, black enrollment at U.S. colleges in 1988 was 8.7% of the national total. That marked a mild gain over the previous two years, but is still low considering that blacks represent about 12.4% of the U.S. population. "If we were color- blind as a nation, then ending these scholarships would be understandable," says Gina Smith, 19, the first recipient of a joint Hope College-University of Michigan scholarship for minority students interested in medicine. "But we're not there...
...pick up electronic signals chatter among enemy units as well. They proved their capability during the Iran-Iraq war, when they supplied Saddam's forces with enough intelligence largely to offset Iran's advantage in numbers. Deprived of this assistance, the Iraqi troops this time will be fighting virtually blind...
...Kennedy School, which has not hired a minority faculty member in the past five years, has also had difficulty creating faculty mentors and implementing race-blind hiring policies. He attributed the problem to a candidate pool that he said was "remarkably thin on minorities." policies, Carnesale said. He attributed the problem to a candidate pool that he said was "remarkably thin on minorities...
Hennekens, Gaziano and their colleagues canonly guess and dream about the outcome of theirstudy. They have decided to conduct the trialunder a "double-blind" standard, which means thatnot only are the subjects unaware of whether theyare taking placebos or the real thing, but so arethe investigators...