There is little officials can do to change that without grabbing the levers of power: board representation and voting rights.

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It got convertible preferred stock in the combined company and took two of seven board seats, 32.7% of voting rights, and an option to convert its holdings into 32.7% of Solo Cup common.

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Board of Education was translated into the enforcement measures of the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act, but those 10 long years did not lead Dr. King to give up.

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