31.   The decline in admissions is a direct reflection of diminished numbers of minority applicants, she said.

32.   The Federal Communications Commission routinely awards valuable broadcasting franchises to well-heeled minority applicants, who quietly sell the franchises to white-owned companies.

33.   The policy in question, which created two separate ranking systems for white applicants and minority applicants, had already been dropped by the university.

34.   The University of Florida and Florida State University used different methods to attract minority applicants.

35.   There are no firm numerical quotas or special reviews for minority applicants.

36.   These numbers are not a result of a limited pool of qualified minority applicants.

37.   They argued they were rejected by the law school even though they had higher test scores and grades than some minority applicants who were accepted.

38.   They asserted that they were denied admission because affirmative action policies gave unfair preferences to less-qualified, minority applicants.

39.   They generally abhor the use of numerical quotas to put women and minority applicants into jobs or university classrooms.