The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms,...

Independent Review;  June 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ......and formally argue that diversity trumps ability, we must say precisely...entirely of experts. This diversity-trumps-ability conclusion is the major...so as to guarantee that diversity trumps ability. The attentive reader...

Shame on you, Somerville High

The Boston Globe;  March 12, 1999 ;     700+ words ......best shot will never be quite good enough for greatness. It is why his coach likes having him on the team: Desire sometimes trumps ability. So with victory at hand last Sunday, McCarthy is on the ice with the other backbenchers skating through the final seconds...

Affirmative action's future.(COMMENTARY)

The Washington Times;  June 30, 2004 ;     700+ words ......side is proving elusive. Opponents of race preferences can try to reverse the holding - that the compelling state need for diversity trumps Equal Protection considerations - using the cumbersome, politically divisive process of state referendum. Or they can return...

Diversity trumps sameness.(NEWS)

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  December 6, 2004 ;     573 words ...Byline: Joe Selvaggio If it weren't for the sex, I'd be gay, said the TV comic, because he loved hanging out with the guys. I thought of that line when I spent a recent weekend with my Dominican (not the islanders, but the religious order) classmates. We gathered, almost 40 years after ordination

Diversity Outpolls Freedom on University Web Sites, Says NAS

The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education;  August 28, 2006 ;     370 words ......opinion leadership, says the National Association of Scholars (NAS). According to the NAS report, Words to Live By: How Diversity Trumps Freedom on Academic Web Sites, only on university Web sites do the overall references to diversity exceed in number references...

McCain's VP choice Palin, an insult to women

The Hindustan Times;  September 2, 2008 ;     274 words ......nothing to do with governing. "The message it sends is that after all these years of so-called equality, tokenism still trumps ability and experience. If Sarah's name had been Stan, she never would have got the nod," the article says. According to the article...

State truly a `blue' print for disaster.(News)

The Boston Herald;  September 6, 2007 ;     620 words ......nutty we've grown around here. Why would anyone hire a superintendent of schools with such troubles with English? No. #2: Diversity trumps all, and those who dare criticize Laboy are surely mean-spirited bigots who hate Latinos, hate immigrants, hate the poor...

Sports club under fire Football organization accused of unethical, illegal...

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  March 21, 2006 ;     632 words ......The major allegations from the group of coaches and parents include: - Friendships with one or more board members often trumps ability in choosing coaches, and in at least two cases, coaches were allowed to stay on despite criminal backgrounds. - Only fellow...

Prescott plonked a heap of verbal spaghetti on the plate; Yesterday in...

The Daily Mail (London, England);  May 17, 2007 ;     623 words ......of government. His survival in high office has been proof that we are no longer a meritocracy but a land where tokenism trumps ability. Thank goodness he has gone. Mr Prescott was not at his best yesterday. By that I mean he was not at his worst. He did not...

Beyond the fringe... Enjoy the Edinburgh Festival-but don't miss the...

The Daily Mail (London, England);  July 31, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Although the high rents required to put on shows have weeded out the lamest examples, there are still plenty of acts where ego trumps ability. And should a show get a rave review - and this is the city that kicked off the careers of Tom Stoppard, Rowan Atkinson...

Beyond the fringe... Enjoy the Edinburgh Festival-but don't miss the...

The Daily Mail (London, England);  July 31, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Although the high rents required to put on shows have weeded out the lamest examples, there are still plenty of acts where ego trumps ability. And should a show get a rave review - and this is the city that kicked off the careers of Tom Stoppard, Rowan Atkinson...

Judicial tyranny.(COMMENTARY)

The Washington Times;  August 10, 2003 ;     700+ words ......discrimination among citizens on the basis of race. Nonetheless, Justice O'Connor asserted that a compelling state interest in diversity trumps the plain meaning of the Constitution. In Lawrence vs. Texas, the Supreme Court kicked open the door, as Justice Antonin...

Women and the Western art canon: where are we now?

Notes;  December 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......s in and what's out. Indeed, as some argue, to some extent the notion of canon itself is not very meaningful today, as diversity trumps any single exemplary way of selecting and valuing music. As Gender and the Musical Canon asserted, it makes the most sense...

NO POVERTY OF EXCUSES FOR FAILURE.(Editorial)(Column)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  February 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ......of students who were in eighth grade in 1988. The study found, roughly speaking, that in modern America parental status trumps ability: students who did very well on a standardized test but came from low-status families were slightly less likely to get through...

Nats' Harris Has a Handle; Utility Player Benefits From Perspective

The Washington Post;  July 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ......big hitters like that. Harris watched second baseman Mark Lemke. The little guys made survival an art, a form where work trumps ability. You need some help, of course. Harris had a high school football coach, Steve Bench -- "the meanest and toughest," Harris...