At it Again: Affirmative Action Foe Ward Connerly Returns
Tags: PRESIDENTS -- United States -- Election; CONNERLY, Ward, 1939-; AFFIRMATIVE action programs; EQUAL rights
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- I have a scheme. White, Jack E. // Time International (South Pacific Edition);02/03/97, Issue 5, p26
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- Fairness or folly? Pooley, Eric // Time International (South Pacific Edition);06/23/97, Issue 25, p24
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- I have a scheme. White, Jack E. // Time;2/3/1997, Vol. 149 Issue 5, p46
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- Choosing sides. Brown Jr., Willie L.; Connerly, Ward // Black Enterprise;Nov95, Vol. 26 Issue 4, p156
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- Is America ready to be fair? Hill, Sidney // National Minority Politics;Sep95, Vol. 7 Issue 9, p18
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- FLORIDA: A NEW TEST FOR CONNERLY. Kohn, David // ENR: Engineering News-Record;05/31/99, Vol. 242 Issue 21, p16
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