Back to square one in affirmative action debate
Molly Ivins reflects on a Mississippi cleaning woman who donated 150000 to scholarships and the role of race in university policy. She discusses court rulings reshaping affirmative action, UT policy shifts, and the broader fight to address historical discrimination and unequal schooling. The piece argues for considering background and diversity alongside test scores in admissions and funding decisions.
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Hiladelphia — Dolp
Mississippi
New York Times
Oscola McCarty
U.S. Circuit Court
University of Texas
Attorney General of
Georgia
Robert Berdahl
Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic Party
South
Johnson
FDA approves first morning-after contraception kit
The FDA approves a packaged emergency contraception kit for use within 72 hours of unprotected sex. The kit includes four high dose progestin and estrogen pills, a pregnancy test, and patient information, and will be sold in pharmacies for about 20 dollars by September.
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Washington Post
Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Mackenzie
Panel backs 2 breast cancer drugs
Government advisers recommended approval of Herceptin for advanced breast cancer, noting it offers a longer life for about 30 percent of patients with HER2/neu fueled tumors. They also urged limited use of tamoxifen for high risk women due to serious side effects. final FDA decisions due by November.
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Bethesda
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Herceptin
Genentech Inc
Survey shows teens confused on government basics
AP reports only 41 percent of American teens can name the three government branches while 59 percent know the Three Stooges. The Constitution Center plans a Philadelphia museum to boost civics knowledge with a Sept. 17 2000 groundbreaking and a proposal for federal support.
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Washington
Stooges
Bart Simpson
Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
Ill
National Constitution Center
Philadelphia
al Gore
Leonardo DiCaprio
Constitution
Edward Rendell
Senate Appropriations Committee
Rendell
Center
Congress
Constitutioncenter.org
Gazette Promotes Soybean Ink and Recycling Drive
The Gazette highlights sustainable printing using soybean ink and recycled newsprint. It invites readers to recycle newspapers at City Carton on Sixth Street SW or nearest recycling location.
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the Gazette
City Carton
Sixth St
Local Newspaper Ad Text With Address Fragments
Fragmentary ad listing subscription rates shows 4 and 52 week prices and a Cedar Rapids mailing address and phone numbers for a local service. The text is incomplete and obscured by OCR errors. The Associates Press credit appears as a generic marker within the fragment.
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U.S
Associates Press
Capeiemion
Sane Capemnes
Cedar Rapids Inc
Cedar Rapids
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