1.   Racial preferences are a way to make up for years of discrimination against minorities.

2.   The continuing, and heated, judicial debate on racial preference indicates that the ultimate outcome of this controversy remains in doubt.

3.   The two made it clear they oppose any program based on racial preference, calling them exclusionary.

4.   Although he wishes his school were more diverse, he said, racial preferences would not be a good answer.

5.   Among the local governments that utilize racial preferences are Phoenix and Maricopa County.

6.   And a ballot initiative in California to halt the use of racial preferences in hiring, college admissions and contracting is widely expected to be approved next November.

7.   As Texas attorney general, Morales said he achieved a diverse staff by focusing on merit, not racial preferences.

8.   At a dinner Wednesday night, Gingrich had promised to work to end racial preferences.

9.   At a dinner Wednesday night, House Speaker Newt Gingrich had promised to work to end racial preferences.

10.   At Boston Latin, there is mixed feeling about racial preferences among students and teachers alike.