Word: equalized
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...minorities and the poor, the increasingly heterogenous nature of the corps has made things easier than before. The fourth class system makes those in the same class equal, regardless of whether they're rich or poor. And things have come a long way since Black cadets got "silenced" because of the color of their skin. An intensive minority recruiting drive has upped the proportions and eased the pressure. "When my father went here," one Black cadet says, "the pressure on Blacks to perform was greater than anyone else. If you didn't make it, you were living proof that...
Last spring, two students sued HDNS--which is the only campus service that delivers The New York Times and the Boston Globe--and won settlements equal to the replacement costs for missed papers...
Then, when former President Gerald Ford spent a day campaigning for Abdnor, McGovern ran full-page newspaper advertisements noting that he and the ex-President both supported the Panama Canal Treaties, SALT II and the Equal Rights Amendment, all of which are opposed by Abdnor. As a result, Ford spent much of his time fending off hostile questions. Ford also goofed by urging that the candidates debate; apparently no one had told him that Abdnor, who has a slight speech impediment, has repeatedly refused to do just that...
Upholding the earlier decision of a district court, Judge J. Edward Lumbard of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the suit, arguing that because Yale established an adequate procedure for appealing such cases, the university provides an environment of equal educational opportunity...
...plaintiffs in the case, said yesterday that despite her disappointment over the ruling, the suit "established that sexual harassment in an educational environment is sex discrimination. And we have established that a victim of sexual harassment can sue under Title IX," of the Department of Education's guidelines for equal educational opportunity, Stone said...