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During the talk--moderated by President of the Harvard Law Review Barack Obama--Professor of Education and Sociology Nathan Glazer defined as "a special effort for special groups, on the basis of underutilization," a term referring to the comparison of the number of minorities in a particular job to the number eligible for that...
...league financially. The people in his league financially go to bed at 9 p.m., lead a simpler life and don't care if they're in my column." Something of the same is true in the home of the bean and the cod, according to Boston Herald gossipist Norma Nathan, whose column "The Eye" is the paper's best-read feature. "Boston has no celebrities," she says. "The best items are the ones that have big names" -- actors in town to shoot a movie -- "mingling with the people here...
...favorites are named in her column: the Today show's Deborah Norville shares top honors with Barbara Walters, both having garnered a mention every six days on average. (Frank Sinatra and Sylvester Stallone crop up every eight days; Madonna gets a boost every twelve.) Boston Herald gossip columnist Norma Nathan thinks Smith is a celebrity groupie who protects her pals: "She's so In, she's Out. She's become part of the story...
...sabre, after Nathan Schmulewitz's win in the first round, the Midshipmen swept the following eight bouts...
Professor of Education and Social Structure Nathan Glazer commented this fall that "The Civil Rights act I assure you was never passed for Asians either." Such a simplification again strips Asian-Americans of their distinctive cultural identities and denies recognition of the overt and subtle barriers they face today...