Do you consider yourself to be an affirmative-action hire?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 21, 2004] Reference

Most affirmative-action programs are likely to stay in place.    From Wordnik.com.  [What About Women?] Reference

But now the ANC's own affirmative-action campaign is under siege.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Good Life For a Few] Reference

Most of those who protested today are affirmative-action advocates.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 4, 2006] Reference

BLAIR: I don't know how one would define an affirmative-action hire.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 21, 2004] Reference

As a result, affirmative-action programs rarely help the least among us.    From Wordnik.com.  [Con: ... But Not At This Cost] Reference

It was essentially a sweeping affirmative-action plan favoring bumiputra.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mahathir Mystique] Reference

NEWSWEEK POLL Should white males fight against affirmative-action programs?.    From Wordnik.com.  [To The Victors, Few Spoils] Reference

Now he's calling for an endto all federally sponsored affirmative-action programs.    From Wordnik.com.  [What About Women?] Reference

Similarly, Rodgers and Spriggs support federal affirmative-action job requirements.    From Wordnik.com.  [Poisonous Symbolism] Reference

We are a minority group, although we would never qualify for affirmative-action programs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Over 40 And Unmarried] Reference

Failure to meet properly defined affirmative-action goals can get you sued for discrimination.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Q-Word Charade] Reference

The Reagan administration, which scorned affirmative-action programs, ordered a study of the GATB.    From Wordnik.com.  [Test Cases: How 'Race-Norming' Works] Reference

As legal barriers fell but jobs remained elusive, the group pushed for affirmative-action programs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marching On] Reference

I doubt that affirmative-action programs would survive a genuine appreciation of their limited benefits.    From Wordnik.com.  [Poisonous Symbolism] Reference

There were also questions of corruption from her days as a consultant developing affirmative-action plans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Woman Of The Hour] Reference

BLOOM: And all the affirmative-action cases before the U.S. S.preme Court right now show how far we have to go.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 28, 2009] Reference

The decision will make it harder to sustain affirmative-action programs as well as race-based school assignments.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Court Divided] Reference

COOPER: So, what does this mean in terms of affirmative-action programs as practiced by schools across the country?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 28, 2007] Reference

These include reintroducing English-language teaching into schools and curtailing Malay affirmative-action programs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crying Crocodile Tears?] Reference

The only question was how badly it might gut affirmative-action policies that are based on achieving racial diversity.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Tactical Retreat In A Race Case] Reference

He did the same thing as governor and he won: the Texas university system's affirmative-action policies were overturned.    From Wordnik.com.  [Capitol Letter: A Matter Of Principle] Reference

The ironies of gender and affirmative-action politics were embodied last week by one of Washington's premier power couples.    From Wordnik.com.  [What About Women?] Reference

And the president was so pleased with Stephanopoulos's recent affirmative-action review that he toasted his aide with champagne.    From Wordnik.com.  ['The War Room' Stars Fade Out] Reference

Nevertheless, about 80 percent of South Africa's companies claim to have voluntarily set up their own affirmative-action programs.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Color Of Fear] Reference

Since then a vote for Mahathir, and his aggressive affirmative-action program for Malays, has been sold as a vote for ethnic peace.    From Wordnik.com.  [Erasing The Color Line] Reference

Meanwhile, prodded by the courts, the Clinton administration is grudgingly rewriting affirmative-action rules in federal contracting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Redrawing The Color Lines] Reference

"Issues long considered too sensitive to broach — such as Malaysia's affirmative-action policy — are on the table," writes Sharma.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Politics of Practical Nostalgia] Reference

South Africa's affirmative-action program should also be re-examined and tweaked, perhaps to emphasize economic status rather than race.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fleeing From South Africa] Reference

A bigger threat could come from affirmative-action opponents, who say they may sue to stop these programs if they're not open to all races.    From Wordnik.com.  [A CAMPUS HEAD START] Reference

Now, as the administration and Congress play politics with the issue of quotas, Atlanta is trying to revive its affirmative-action program.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Second Look At Set-Asides] Reference

Between 1984 and 1986 Fuhrman was repeatedly admonishedand counseled by his superiors for outspoken criticism of the LAPD's affirmative-action policies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surprise, Surprise] Reference