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<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT size=3><STRONG>June 27, 2001</STRONG>
<BR></FONT><B><FONT size=5>Affirmative Action Foe Picked for Rights
Post<BR></FONT><FONT size=3>By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO<BR><BR></FONT></B><FONT
size=3>WASHINGTON, June 26 — The Bush Administration has nominated Gerald A.
Reynolds, a lawyer and staunch opponent of affirmative action, to head the
Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, the division responsible for
protecting the civil rights of minorities, women and disabled people from
kindergarten through graduate school.<BR><BR>Details: </FONT><A
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