Sentence examples for notably affirmative from inspiring English sources

And Mr. Kerry has rarely been identified with issues that compel black voters -- notably affirmative action.

Carter, Kennedy writes, "maintains that, at least with respect to certain topics, most notably affirmative action, a prevailing orthodoxy exerts undue pressure, stigmatizing dissident positions to such an extent that people holding heterodox ideas either silence themselves or speak out knowing that they will pay a frightful price with their reputations".

Some of the most divisive battles in the country are over education policy, notably school vouchers and affirmative action.

Notably, Fisher has been popularly branded an "affirmative action" case but the admissions policy of the University of Texas at Austin at issue in the case does not rely on racial quotas or preferences.

Throughout its 20-plus years of existence, CIR has been best known for aggressively pursuing court nullification of affirmative action programs on campuses, most notably through 1996's Hopwood v.

A few more tests lie ahead in the remainder of the current term -- which many people speculate will be his last, after 31 years -- most notably whether the court will join him in decisively repudiating affirmative action in the University of Michigan admissions cases to be argued April 1.

Some schools, after dropping affirmative action for ethnic minorities, also dropped legacy preferences, notably Texas A&M and the University of Georgia.

Most notably, in January the administration began prioritizing the processing of new "affirmative" asylum cases over old ones.

Affirmative action is merely a vehicle to achieve societal goals and notably benefit the patients.

Other federal courts have struck down affirmative action policies that were as blunt and systematic as Georgia's, most notably at the University of Texas School of Law in 1996 and at the University of Michigan Law School this year.

In an interview on Friday, Professor Appiah said he did not share the criticisms of others at Harvard, most notably Cornel West, that Mr. Summers had, at least until recently, offered only lukewarm endorsements for affirmative action.