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For the third quarter alone, Morgan Stanley's compensation expense fell 25% from last year, reflecting lower set-asides for the firm's institutional securities business.
Morgan Stanley Net Drops 67% On Weaker Securities Business Brett Philbin 2010
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Of course, the set-asides were not intended to be a permanent crutch for small companies.
Contractors Find Gains Hard to Hold Emily Maltby 2011
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I did provide set-asides for the construction industry and for vendors who had limited capital that qualified them as small businesses, irrespective of who owned them.
Ed Koch: On the Firing of Rick Sanchez by CNN Ed Koch 2010
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Ridiculously, Sephardic Jews who have Spanish names were eligible for federal set-asides, not as Jews, but as Hispanics, like Mr. Sanchez, who is Cuban.
Ed Koch: On the Firing of Rick Sanchez by CNN Ed Koch 2010
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Jews have never been eligible for such set-asides or quota programs.
Ed Koch: On the Firing of Rick Sanchez by CNN Ed Koch 2010
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Under Denver's ordinance, Rusk wrote in a 2003, book-length exploration of school integration (or lack thereof) in metro Denver, income limits aren't set nearly as low as in Montgomery County, there are no set-asides for public housing and it's relatively easy for developers to buy their way out of the requirements.
Alan Gottlieb: Fighting Over Common Ground Alan Gottlieb 2010
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For instance, there is a difference between targeted recruitment and goals and timetables or between special training programs and set-asides.
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Ms. Murguia's organization advocates for voting rights for illegal aliens affirmative action and set-asides in hiring, promotions and college admissions, and it opposed the "Secure Fence Act of 2006," just to name a few policy positions.
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How is that any different from affirmative action or other minority set-asides?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Goodwin Liu’s Incomplete Questionnaire 2010
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Now with regard to special treatment for minorities, I oppose and have always opposed programs that provided for race, ethnicity or religion-based solutions, e.g., quotas or set-asides.
Ed Koch: On the Firing of Rick Sanchez by CNN Ed Koch 2010
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