Gratz v. Bollinger 539 U.S. 244 (2003) Facts of the Case Jennifer Gratz‚ a student with a 3.8 GPA and ACT score of 25‚ applied to the University of Michigan’s College of Literature‚ Science and Arts (LSA) in 1995. Patrick Hamacher‚ a student with an adjusted GPA of 3.0 and an ACT score of 28‚ also applied to the School in 1997. They were both denied admission and had to study elsewhere (Oyez‚ 2003). The University of Michigan’s the LSA used a 150-point scale to rank applicants‚ with 100 points
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Birds Eye and the UK Frozen Food Industry 1. Why did Birds Eye develop as a vertically-producer? At the beginning of the frozen food industry‚ the infrastructure for producing‚ storing‚ distributing and retailing frozen foods was not well-developed‚ so Birds Eye had to build its own system. Birds Eye was a pioneer company in the frozen food industry; consequently it had to build all the supply chain of the industry. 2. Explain Birds Eye’s choice at different stage of the value chain e
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Steven Ehyss Constitutional Law & Public Policy 4 December 2012 Grutter v. Bollinger Thesis Without the amendments to the Constitution‚ minorities would lack proper protection of their rights to live a life of liberty. It took adding an amendment to partially abolish slavery and another one to give rights to those descending from the slaves. The historical significance of discrimination has lingered into all facets of life for those supremely affected by it. For the population unaffected by
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Chelsea Baker – new student on the Middletown high school Citation: It’s like‚ are you in the popular crowd or not? Beth Bender – teacher on the Middletown high school. Brendan was called in her office one day. He says just about “yes‚ ma’amed” and “no‚ ma’amed”. Yes ma’am‚ everything is fine. No ma’am‚ I don’t have a problem with anyone. But you could see the pain and anger in his eyes. Citation: What Brendan and Gary did was terribly‚ horribly‚ inexcusably wrong. I have no interest in defending
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The History of the Zamboni Although ice hockey was originated in the early 1800’s‚ the first Zamboni did not hit the ice until 1949. For well over a century‚ the sheet of ice was resurfaced by tediously shoveling off the snow and pouring water back over the ice. The technique left the ice in a miserable‚ almost unskatable state by today’s standards. Not only was it a poor surface to skate on‚ resurfacing a sheet of ice took nearly over an hour and a half to complete. Frank Zamboni’s invention of
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1.1 INDUSTRIALIZATION Clarence Zuvekas‚ Jr. (1979) defined industrialization as process of transforming raw materials with the aid of Human resources and capital goods into consumer goods‚ new capital goods which permit more consumer goods (including food) and social overhead capital‚ which together with human resources provide new services to both individuals and business. Joseph E. Imhanlahimhin defines industrialization “as a process of a country’s heavy dependence on large amount of goods manufactured
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being- effective Jim Crow Law‚ he used to be as an angry man‚ a product of racism; but he is also an example of a hero who overcame many obstacles in this harsh life to achieve the American Dream. He is Associate Justice of the U.S Supreme Court- Clarence Thomas. Via 289 pages of the book My Grandfather’s Son: A Memoir‚ which was written by himself‚ he tells stories about his life‚ detailing from his childhood until becoming a justice on the U.S Supreme Court bench‚ with the hope that “ young people
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Anita Hill caught the world’s attention when she accused Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment. Although Hill had effectively broken the silence about such a widespread problem‚ increasing the level of awareness about sexual harassment‚ many African-Americans came to regard her as a traitor of the group’s interests. This particular type of burden is something that women of dominant racial groups do not usually face. Women who challenge discriminatory practices advocated by others as cultural practices
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production and directed by Robert L. Collins‚ "Gideon’s Trumpet” tells the story behind a basic right most Americans now take for granted: the right to a lawyer. The movie stars Henry Fonda as Clarence Earl Gideon‚ José Ferrer as Abe Fortas and John Houseman as the chief justice. The movie begins with Clarence Earl Gideon (Fonda) being arrested in Florida on charges of robbery and breaking and entering. Due to the fact that he is too poor to afford a lawyer‚ he appealed for a court-appointed lawyer
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Araby By: James Joyce I. Elements of Fiction A. Settings The year is 1894. The place is North Richmond Street in Ireland’s largest city‚ Dublin. The street dead-ends at an empty house of two stories. Araby - the name of the bazaar B. Characters * Boy (Narrator) – the protagonist of the story‚ an adolescent who is in love with her friend’s sister. * Mangan – the boy’s best friend‚ who is about the same age with the narrator. * Mangan’s sister – the boy’s crush‚ who lives
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