In the Seattle case, the Court ruled by a five-to-four vote that the integration plan did indeed violate the equal-protection clause of the Constitution, and Roberts assigned himself the opinion.

NEWYORKER: No More Mr. Nice Guy

To handle the hundreds of integration projects, DaimlerChrysler has formed a powerful automotive council of five senior managers to which all projects must report every four to six weeks.

ECONOMIST: The DaimlerChrysler emulsion

Bolivar's dreams of continental integration yielded to parochialism: the Central American Federation of 1825 was five countries by 1838.

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