Word: pointing
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FELLOWSHIPS such as the Mellon and Ford are not affirmative action programs; rather, they merely act as encouragement to minority students. And this is precisely the point that is misinterpreted by opponents of affirmative action. If the ultimate goals of fellowships such as the Ford and Mellon are to normalize faculty salaries and representation, then the exclusion of Asian-Americans is indefensible...
...Kierstead sported another tie at 158-lbs., and 167-lbs. Fred Jenkins narrowed the Crimson point deficit by three, spilling Brian Aylward...
Until last week the national furor over the idea of swapping weapons for hostages in defiance of a congressional ban on official gunrunning to the contras seemed to have faded to the vanishing point. But when federal Judge Harold Greene ordered that more than 30 excerpts from Reagan's Oval Office diary be turned over to his former National Security Adviser John Poindexter on the ground that they were relevant to his defense, the fuss flared anew, if perhaps only fleetingly...
From Pretoria's point of view, the longer talks drag on, the better. De Klerk hopes to win international approval -- and the end of economic sanctions -- by simply opening negotiations with legitimate black leaders. He also hopes that prolonged talks will stall the antiapartheid movement and drain the fervor from its protests...
...counterparts in quality, performance and fuel efficiency. (Only in one area, productivity, is the company seriously lagging behind its Asian rivals.) Why, then, has North American GM failed to import more of Opel's technology and know-how? GM executives in Europe tend to shrug at the question and point to the occasional instance of cooperation. Most notable: the Pontiac LeMans, which is in effect an Opel Kadett built in South Korea by Daewoo and shipped to the U.S. "I wouldn't rule out the use of Opel strategically, let's say if we needed a small...