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AFFAffectionate
AFFAffirmative
AFFAccelerated Free Fall (type of skydiving training)
AFFAssociation des Fabophiles Français (French: Association of French Fabophiles)
AFFAdult FriendFinder (website)
AFFApplication for Funding (various organizations)
AFFAssociation Française du Froid (French: French Refrigeration Association)
AFFAngels Fall First
AFFAnimation Film Festival (various organizations)
AFFASEAN Football Federation
AFFAssociation Française des Fundraisers (French: French Fundraising Association)
AFFAustralian Frequent Flyer
AFFAmerican FactFinder (US Census data retrieval system)
AFFAnne Frank Fonds (Switzerland)
AFFAmerican Forest Foundation
AFFAdult Faith Formation
AFFAdvanced Forensics Format
AFFAnimated File Format
AFFAdvanced Function Feature
AFFAdobe Filter Factory
AFFAdvanced Fire-Fighting (course)
AFFArmy Families Federation (UK)
AFFAgriculture Forestry and Fishing (various organizations)
AFFAdvance Fee Fraud
AFFAdvanced Fighting Fantasy (role-playing game)
AFFAlgerian Football Federation (sports)
AFFAssociation Française de Funboard (French: French Funboard Association; windsurfing)
AFFAsian Film Foundation (est. 1999)
AFFAsset Forfeiture Fund
AFFAbove Finished Floor
AFFAway from Forum
AFFAtlantic Film Festival
AFFAlimentation Fine de France (French: Fine Food of France)
AFFAlaska Folk Festival (est. 1975)
AFFAndrus Family Fund (New York, NY)
AFFAlternative Film Festival (various locations)
AFFAdvocates for Faith and Freedom
AFFAdelaide Film Festival (Australia)
AFFAfrican Film Festival, Inc. (est. 1990; New York, NY)
AFFAspies for Freedom
AFFAmerican Folk Festival
AFFArkansas Freedom Fund
AFFAutonomous Formation Flight
AFFAllen Family Foods (Seafood, DE)
AFFAlabama Farmers Federation (Montgomery, Alabama)
AFFAlliance for Fair Food (human rights organization)
AFFArchives Française du Film (French: French Film Archives)
AFFArmy Field Forces (US Army)
AFFAdult Freedom Foundation
AFFAdditional Freight Fee (trade)
AFFAcetylaminofluorene
AFFAnchorage Film Festival (Anchorage, AK)
AFFAssociation Française de Footbag (French: French Footbag Association)
AFFAutonomous Formation Flyer
AFFAssociation Française des Fibromyalgiques
AFFAnimals Asia Foundation
AFFAdaptive Feed Forward
AFFASEAN Fisheries Federation
AFFAdvances in Financial Forecasting
AFFApostolic Faith Fellowship
AFFAdvanced File Format
AFFAircraft Firefighting
AFFA Failing Firm
AFFAdolf Fredriks Flickkör (Stockholm, Sweden)
AFFAberration Free Focus
AFFArming, Fuzing, and Firing (weapons/munitions)
AFFAcceptance and Ferry Flight
AFFColorado Springs USAF Academy United States (airport code)
AFFAlways Friends Forever
AFFAmerican Focused Fund (mutual fund)
AFFAudit Finding Form
AFFAir Freight Forward
AFFArcadian Freedom Fighters
AFFAviation Flight Facility
AFFAction Figure Federation
AFFArtificial Flat Fading
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Defendants answered, denying liability and asserting three affirmative defenses: (1) that 'Plaintiff fails to state a cause of action upon which relief can be granted'; (2) that 'Defendants affirmatively assert the defenses of license and payment'; and (3) that 'Defendants affirmatively assert the defense of waiver.' Plaintiff now moves to strike the second and third affirmative defenses.
Civil practice - Affirmative defenses - License and payment waiver
Continue reading "The American Jewish Affirmative Action About-Face" at...
The American Jewish Affirmative Action About-Face
'The reality of Malaysian political system is affirmative action is needed today.
Affirmative action a 'political reality', says PPBM's libertarian recruit Wan Saiful
While majorities of men, women, whites, blacks and Hispanics are in favor of affirmative action programs, support varies according to each groups' connection to the program.
Higher Support for Gender Affirmative Action Than Race
What this means in relation to race-based affirmative action was made clear by the U.S.
Affirmative action: a major requirement: by removing unconscious discrimination from the admissions process, universities can give all students an equal chance of acceptance
The book walks through affirmative defenses in Florida, giving an explanation, the elements, and supporting authority.
Florida Affirmative Defenses and Procedural Objections, 2015 ed
Rather than defend the practice of race-conscious affirmative action that helps underrepresented minorities gain admission into highly selective colleges and universities, Cashin instead pushes for a form of affirmative action that's based on structural disadvantage, or place, that a student must overcome to attain a high-quality education.
An end to affirmative action? In her new book, law professor Sheryll Cashin pushes for a fresh look at affirmative action
ERIC Descriptors: Affirmative Action; Student Diversity; Simulation; Models; Competitive Selection; Reputation; Colleges; Enrollment; Enrollment Trends; Evidence; Program Effectiveness; Access to Information; College Admission; College Applicants; Socioeconomic Status; Racial Factors; Court Litigation; Racial Composition; Income
Simulation Models of the Effects of Race- and Socioeconomic-Based Affirmative Action Policies on Elite College Enrollment Patterns
In the midst of those current debates, we aim to understand the moral grounding of affirmative action policies, how much did they change the world of politics and can they really help Egypt?
Does Egypt Need Affirmative Action?
(10) Second, a complaint must contain sufficient factual allegations to allow a court to infer that it states a "plausible claim for relief." (11) Courts considering a motion to dismiss were thereby directed to engage in a two-pronged analysis: (1) to identify legal conclusions that are not entitled to an assumption of truth; and (2) to identify factual allegations and determine if, taken as true, "they plausibly give rise to an entitlement to relief." (12) The Circuit Courts of Appeal have not ruled on whether the heightened pleading standard of Twombly/Iqbal applies to the pleading of affirmative defenses, and there is fairly even disagreement between, and even within, the United States district courts.
Fending off the use of a Rule 12(f) motion to strike affirmative defenses
To him, affirmative action is a fundamentally unfair policy.
Race matters: the Supreme Court has agreed to reconsider the use of race in college admissions
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