Yet critics say the affirmative-action program promotes inter-caste resentment as India's 1.2 billion people compete for too few jobs.
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You know and I know that this affirmative action program is a crock.
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As far as what political agenda he means, Lobach says he isn't sure, but says maybe an aggressive affirmative action program.
Multiple human performance and corrective action program problems exist at Palo Verde.
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But many undocumented workers avoid joining unions "because they are under constant threat of deportation, " said Ana Avendano, head of the AFL-CIO's immigration and community-action program.
On Tuesday, the President will speak at the annual UAW -- United Auto Workers -- Community Action Program Conference, a gathering of 1, 700 UAW leaders from across the country.
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There, the justices are weighing whether the University of Texas' affirmative-action program, which the school says can give an edge to some minority applicants, violates the 14th Amendment's equal-protection clause.
Ana Avendano, head of the AFL-CIO's immigration and community action program, said the Harrisburg situation will prompt the federation to address the J-1 visa in negotiations for an immigration overhaul.
Mr. Najib had launched a series of economic and social overhauls before the election, rolling back parts of a decades-old affirmative-action program designed to raise incomes among the generally poorer ethnic-Malay majority.
At a news conference Sunday, Bremer also discussed the formation of a national "community action program, " which he said would help get local economies moving by hiring workers to clean up neighborhoods and build schools.
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By putting market research into action, the program helps governments craft empowering policies and guides mobile phone companies in the creation of customized products for women.
If we want a positive program of action, we should start getting rid of programs that harm the poor.
We were there to see the Cooperative Threat Reduction program in action.
There's also a precedent for Israeli military action against a nuclear program.
For instance, Thomas opposes affirmative action, the very program that his critics insist was solely responsible for his admission into Yale Law School.
At the other end of the philosophical spectrum, a re-release of Confronting Collapse by Michael Rupert, presents a 25-point program for action to address the imminent energy crisis.
Perhaps more disturbing than the IAEA report - written by Muhammad ElBaradei, who with the exception of the mullahs themselves is probably the man least interested in taking action against Iran's program - were the Israeli and US responses to it.
The only way that diplomacy will succeed in convincing the Iranians to turn away from their nuclear program is if they believe, without a doubt, that if they fail to take those steps diplomatically, the United States will take military action to stop their nuclear program.
The Republican-backed bill expanding Indiana's program is awaiting action in the state Senate, where there have been concerns about its cost and whether the Legislature should start making exceptions to the 2011 compromise that then-Gov. Mitch Daniels touted as giving public schools a chance to win over students and parents.
On Iran, do you believe that the six-power talks represent a last chance for the country to diffuse concerns over its nuclear program and avert military action?
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In another case (EPA's safe harbor for routine maintenance under the New Source Review program), our action has been stayed by a federal court pending review of the rulemaking on the merits.
She later got a license after she qualified for the federal program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which allows young illegal immigrants to stay in the U.S. and obtain work-authorization forms and Social Security cards.
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The ending of the transplant program is not the only action the Governor has taken to reduce needed health services in her state.
Real estate developers, banks, and brokerages were hit by the jump in yields, which followed the Bank of Japan's announcement on Wednesday that it will maintain its current bond-buying program but will not take additional action to depress yields.
It was only when the Administration was facing virulent criticism for its inability to define and deliver a coherent U.S. policy toward Bosnia, culminating in the abortive five-power "joint action plan, " that the public relations program was put back into gear.
The administration insists the program was authorized when Congress approved military action against al Qaeda after the terrorist network's 2001 attacks on New York and Washington.
In 2007, the NTSB, citing a series of fatigue-related air traffic control incidents, implored the FAA to reform its scheduling practices and implement a fatigue-management program, but the FAA took no action.
Real estate developers, banks, and brokerages were hit by the jump in yields, which followed the Bank of Japan's announcement on Wednesday that it will maintain its own current bond-buying program but won't take additional action to depress yields.
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