Davidson pays particular attention to the manufacturing industry, which is often mentioned as suffering acutely from a small skilled labor pool.

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Newcomers to philanthropy often feel this tension most acutely.

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They talk about how African-Americans of their class and generation feel the weight of race most acutely in relation to affirmative action, sensing that whites often think they have not truly earned their place at Harvard or Princeton or on the medical faculty.

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