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Attorney General says set-asides are unconstitutional discrimination

...several years. "With set-asides, we are sliding back into a...Transportation Department to set aside 10 percent of its state highway...also requires minority set-asides, and state purchasing rules also set aside certain contracts for bids from...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1997/03/28/biz_205967.shtml
XXX Bizarre
Russian business magnates footing most of bill for 2014 Sochi Games

...nothing standing in the way of you doing it," Putin commented.That was not a direct order but its intent was clear.Putting aside previous pledges that the stadium would be dismantled after the Sochi games and moved near an UGMK facility to benefit the company's...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/olympics/2013-05-20/russian-business-magnate
Former 007 spills some secrets in new book

Peppered with fun facts and cheeky asides, actor Roger Moore's book looking back on the golden anniversary of James Bond on-screen is a treat for 007 fans. He takes...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/life/2012-10-17/former-007-spills-some-secrets-new-
Newberry: Reinstating wrestling into Olympics is right thing to do

...wrestling's exclusion."Maybe we can share a venue with wrestling," joked Andrew Shelley, the CEO of World Squash.All quips aside, this would be a good time for the IOC to re-examine its rules that allow a maximum of 28 federations into the Summer Games...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/olympics/2013-05-17/newberry-reinstating-wre
Nursing moms get own room on S.C. base

...Base is one of the rare U.S. military installations at which a decidedly low-tech lactation room has been exclusively set aside."I am excited and happy about the idea of this room, because I didn't have the best-case scenario," said Leven, who...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-11/nursing-moms-get-own-room-sc-
Opposes bias against whites, males

...article entitled, "Condon targets set-asides." It is about time that our (South...general said officially that such "set-asides" are illegal. Now, if only our governor...that spurred the creation of the set-asides in the first place." To say the very...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1997/04/02/edi_206251.shtml
Editorials
S.C. could lose highway money of racial bill passes

...Legislature outlaws racial set-asides. State Rep. Hunter Limbaugh...would have a big effect on set-asides at the Transportation Department...the state to abandon its set-aside program. The bill State Rep...would have a big effect on set-asides at the Transportation Department...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1997/04/28/met_207450.shtml
Metro
Rumpole explains 'Penge Bungalow Murders'

Ever since Rumpole of the Bailey first appeared in Englishman John Mortimer's mysteries, he has made asides referring to the Penge Bungalow Murders, a court case from very early in his career, in which he triumphed. He hasn't gone...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/12/26/art_438127.shtml
Arts
Local systems on notice: Historic 'color-blind' ruling

Taking their cue from U.S. Supreme Court rulings on quotas, set-asides and other ethnic-conscious policies, federal courts are commendably getting rid of race-preferences in public education...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1998/11/29/op_246066.shtml
Opinion columns | Cross Creek High School
Equal rights hypocrites

Since a full federal U.S. appeals court affirmed last year's California ballot initiative banning quotas, set-asides and other preferential treatment for selected minorities in employment, education and contracting -- some cities, including...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1997/09/04/edi_214140.shtml
Editorials