Rigid quotas applied without regard to qualifications, he said, are very different from such affirmative action remedies as goals in hiring.

Once again we have a nominee for the Justice Department who strongly opposes affirmative action remedies to help those who suffer from racial discrimination.

Throughout his career, he was a strong proponent of the use of affirmative action remedies to redress the country's legacy of racial discrimination.

The adult and student leaders of the SVM proposed and put into action remedies for many of the less fundamental problems facing the Movement.

So, press freedom has been restricted to assure a fair trial, and the prospect that affirmative action remedies will lead to greater equality has justified preferential treatment.

He has supported expanded voting rights, affirmative action remedies for racial discrimination and busing for school desegregation.

"Affirmative action remedies past discrimination," Senator Edwards, a graduate of North Carolina State whose parents did not attend college, said in an interview.

I am certain that many will continue to discuss affirmative action remedies without mentioning the serious problems of pervasive discrimination.

Mr. Steele distorts such affirmative action remedies by suggesting that affirmative action necessarily involves "racial preferences."

A Civil Liberties Union official called the settlement terms "highly unusual" in today's political climate, which she said is hostile to affirmative action remedies.