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...rest of the country, affirmative action is undergoing a stringent revaluation. The California Civil Rights Initiative, a proposed state referendum, would prohibit race-based employment programs, public education admissions and government contracts. Meanwhile, President Clinton is reviewing the government's affirmative action program as Republicans in Congress attempt to dismantle...
...Downing Street for seven years, longer than any other 20th century peacetime premier except Margaret Thatcher. The silver-haired Labour Party leader was known for his pipe, raincoat and Yorkshire accent. Among his legacies: the 1967 devaluation of the pound to rescue a declining economy, the 1975 referendum that committed Britain to E.C. membership, and his recommendation of the Beatles for knighthood...
Recent attacks on affirmative action have led to major re-evaluations of current programs. President Clinton has ordered a review of federal race-based programs, and a state referendum in California proposes to eliminate all consideration of race in education, hiring and the awarding of government contracts...
...since 1978, last March he embraced the "complete realization of economic and monetary union" with "the Franco-German couple at its heart." Then, just days before the final vote, in what opponents said was an attempt to appeal to the right, he retraced his steps and called for a referendum on a follow-up to the pro-union Maastricht treaty...
Thompson and State Rep. Timothy J. Toomey Jr. (D-Cambridge) shepherded the city's home-rule petition to salvage some forms of rent control for low-income tenants following the passage of a state referendum last fall to abolish...