These statistical disparities inspired the EEOC to rewrite the corporate hiring handbook to level the playing field between "protected groups" and the rest of the workforce.
At one of this year's football games, dozens of Houstonians protested in front of the field as Miss Ward (protected by temporary federal court injunctions) said her prayer, inciting the home crowd to cheer her even more enthusiastically.
Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak are credited with discovering how chromosomes are protected against degradation -- a field that could shed light on human aging and diseases, including cancer.