Poll: Americans Split on Affirmative Action
An Associated Press poll shows 48 percent say affirmative action makes hiring less fair while 39 percent say it makes it more fair. Blacks and Democrats more supportive of fairness, whites and Republicans less so. Sixty percent oppose major changes to minority protections, with 59 percent calling laws needed.
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Clinton backs preference programs in affirmative action push
President Clinton met with leaders of black and women’s groups to discuss his five month review of affirmative action. He signaled expansion of set aside programs to include firms in poor areas even if white owned and defended ongoing use of preferences in hiring education and promotions.
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Louie Anderson and Kate Kaelin Show Fails to Launch
Louie Anderson and Kate Kaelin planned a Las Vegas joint performance that never opened. Anderson calls Kaelin a friend and asset while a restaurant meeting ignited the idea, but the project stalled before it began.
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Beatles Satire Album Prompts Legal Threats
An attorney for Paul McCartney George Harrison Ringo Starr and John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono threatens legal action against a publisher over an album titled Live from the Pound THE BEATLES that uses dogs barking to Fab Four tunes. The release described as a satire faces potential copyright and trademark disputes.
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