But the 1986 tax act didn't go as far as it could have in terms of eliminating certain preferences.

Atkinson's most important task as president resulted from the July 1995 decision by the UC Board of Regents to eliminate racial preferences in admission.

She framed a 1935 statute revising the District's law on descent and distribution to eliminate preferences for males.

Mr. Bowers's letter said that given the Federal court decisions, each of the state's 34 publicly supported colleges and universities should eliminate preferences for black and Hispanic applicants.

But 10 years after California passed Proposition 209, voting to eliminate racial preferences in the public sector, university administrators find such balance harder to attain.

When the General Assembly debated a proposal to eliminate race-based preferences in state programs this month, the Governor remained conspicuously mute.

The Europeans want, first of all, to eliminate preferences that would interfere with the free flow of products within Europe.

Its outcome will shape a vital dimension of the country's future by maintaining, revising or eventually eliminating institutional preferences for minorities and women.

The problem the panel faces is that eliminating preferences, loopholes and deductions is the mantra of the flat taxers.

To correct for flakiness, he has amassed a pool of data big enough to eliminate idiosyncratic quirks and chauvinistic preferences.