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From: Anthony Lewis|Posted Thursday, Jan. 10, 2002, at 5:18 PM

To: Stuart Taylor J.

10: Ending With Consensus
From: Anthony Lewis
9: The Controversial X Percent
From: Stuart Taylor Jr.
8: The Pentagon's Nuclear Weapons Reduction Proposal: "An Exercise in Provocation and Futility"
From: Anthony Lewis
7: Affirmative Action for Juries?
From: Stuart Taylor Jr.
6: The Test of Afghanistan
From: Anthony Lewis
5: Curmudgeon Redux
From: Stuart Taylor Jr.
4: Continuing Degradation
From: Stuart Taylor Jr.
3: Depuzzle Me
From: Stuart Taylor Jr.
2: The Freedom To Think
From: Anthony Lewis
1: Go West?
From: Stuart Taylor Jr.

Dear Stuart,

I do not think you take adequate account of the country's urgent need to have significant numbers of black graduates from the best universities. But I do not want to go through the argument again. I am mainly struck by the degree of consensus—your word—we have found on issues. So: Ave atque vale.

Tony

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