They are often white and male, but they do not feel privileged and they often chafe at the way affirmative-action policies discriminate against them.
Take steps to assure that women are measured for the results they contribute, not whether their way of getting them is different from the norms set by those at the top (often predominately white males).
Part of the problem is that clinical trials have too often focused on white men.
Recently he has referred often to his white grandfather, who fought in the second world war, and to his white mother, who for a while scraped by on food stamps.
Sick animals often have higher white-cell counts as their bodies churn out more ammunition to fight the infection, but those in the Virginian study all came from zoos, and were believed to be hale and hearty.
Pure bred Herdwick lambs are born largely black, often with tips of white on their ears.
For decades, the idea that America had limits was not often expressed in the White House briefing room.
In addition to being the easiest to read, black and white is often the most visually striking combination.
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His hair, which is white, often hangs over his eyes in unkempt bangs.
They point out the "ghost town" of Kilamba in Angola, a grandiose project often labeled as a white elephant.
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His hair, also white, often looks manhandled by the Boston wind.
Mr Ahmadinejad was often seen in the white Peugeot 504 when he served as Tehran's mayor, but has rarely used it since becoming president in 2005.
Mr Scafi's book illustrates beautifully (though, sadly, all too often in black and white) how Eden shifted from the centre of maps to the periphery, and ultimately to the margins.
But they were American and white, often Scottish-Irish.
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These organizations, which are often thought to wear white hats and represent the greater good, are in fact single-issue advocates who are not as concerned with legal process as they are winning on their issues.
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HIDs are the bright lights with a blue-ish white tint seen often on expensive European cars.
He made about 50 visits to the White House, often taking groups of Chinese business officials with him.
Bochud's research team tested Arafat's toothbrush, clothing and keffiyeh, the trademark black-and-white headscarf he often wore, Bochud said.
In the corporate culture men hold roughly 90% of executive level positions, meaning those people most often are middle-aged white dudes.
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His prospective presence in the White House is often cited as a reason for Barack Obama not to pick Senator Clinton as a running mate.
Multiracial students tended to have more Facebook friends than students of other backgrounds and were often the sole connection between white and black circles, Kaufman said.
It's not often that reporters in the White House briefing room openly challenge this administration, and questions about its actions before, during and after the attack seem likely to remain in the news.
The rules for substantiating charitable deductions are black and white, but taxpayers often mess up.
Faircloth was active in the Senate probe, often focusing on the suicide of White House Counsel Vince Foster.
It would, indeed, be accurate to read her as the antithesis of the typical hero who more often than not is male, white, straight and privileged.
Aides have portrayed Brennan as cautious in the use of drones, restraining others at the CIA or military who would use them more often, even though as the White House's counterterror adviser, he has presided over an explosion of drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia.
They are more often male, middle-aged and white than female, young or from ethnic minorities.
They often lost the battle in the Reagan White House, to the benefit of history.
Like sunshine stealing back the colours from a poster in a window, history often turns our memories into black and white.
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