Word: tools
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...Political and Economic Studies in Washington shows that affirmative-action programs have had "some positive effects" in opening new opportunities for blacks, but that the measurable benefits in terms of wages and employment have been "quite small." The report concludes, "While affirmative action can be an effective policy tool, its impact is related to the vigor with which it's enforced." Its efficacy has been especially slow in high-paying jobs. Bureau of Labor Statistics figures show that in 1994 whites held 88.8% of managerial and professional positions, down only slightly from 91.6% in 1983. In the same period, blacks...
...articles on "The Toronto That Used to Be." In order to distinguish what he wants to tell her from what he wishes to keep to himself--including his misgivings about Father Hobbes' death--Hullah begins writing notes to himself in a case book, an old-fashioned physician's tool. As his jottings mount up, Hullah notes to himself, "I really must put on the brakes or this Case Book, which I in-tend only as an aide-mamoire, will turn into one of those German Bildungsromanen, about the growth of a human spirit...
...December 1992, Inati Ntshanga '95 wasarrested by Harvard police while he was working inthe Matthews Hall linen office as an employee ofHarvard Student Agencies. Police charged Ntshangawith breaking and entering, trespassing and use ofa burglary tool--his keys to the room. Ntshangawas later acquitted of all charges...
...time goes by, things will be worked out, and it will be a useful tool," Mercier said...
Professor Henry H. Leitner, the only Harvard faculty member working with the committee, said he found out about the program from a student in his Computer Science 51 course. Leitner said he wants to see how the interactive programming can function as a tool in long-distance education...