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minor In English law, a person under 18 years of age. Minors cannot vote at elections, nor hold freehold or leasehold property, nor be made bankrupt. They cannot make a valid will nor a valid marriage without the consent of their parents or guardian. In the USA, the age of majority varies from state to state but is 18 for voting purposes throughout the country.
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Minorities, shareholder and otherwise.
Magazine article from: Yale Law Journal; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...corporate law places minority concerns at the heart of its endeavor. The minorities of corporate law are minority shareholders--investors...action for racial minorities and women, (2...affirmative action for minority shareholders. (3...
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Minorities Own 14% of OKC Firms
Newspaper article from: The Journal Record; 4/9/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...area's 20 percent minority population owns 14 percent...metropolitan area businesses. Minorities own only 3.9 percent...of the Oklahoma City minority-owned businesses are...of capital needed, minorities tend to start a labor...for 46 percent of the minority-owned firms and 28...
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Minority-Owned Businesses Face Difficult Challenges to Succeed in Global Business Environment; Past Progress Will Not Lead to Future Competitiveness.
Business Wire; 6/28/2005; 700+ words
; ...states that it is necessary for minority businesses to work with corporations...marketplace. "Encouraging minorities to start new businesses will...is to ensure that existing minority businesses are taking the...important than it is today." Minorities currently represent approximately...
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MINORITIES MUST STEP FORWARD AND BE COUNTED AT STATE CAUCUS GATHERINGS
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 2/7/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...opportunities loom large for minorities across the Commonwealth if...are particularly salient for minorities, specifically blacks, Asians...participation is exerted. If minorities are well-organized, a host...public policy issues affecting minority groups, which comprise perhaps...
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Minorities gaining, but N.E. colleges still divided Seniors say campuses lack sense of community
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 5/17/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...administrations build up minority numbers to a respectable...they are using the minorities to have publicity...start. Many more minority students require...shown that more minorities drop out of college...enrolled 17,100 minorities in 1986 out of...there were 25,000 minority students ...
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Minority Transohio bids get big edge. (minority bidders for the Transohio Federal Savings Bank)
Magazine article from: Crain's Cleveland Business; 6/13/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...institutions controlled by minorities bid against other institutions...gives a second chance to minority bidders who come within...take advantage of the minority incentive program...institution is run by minorities, the incentives apply...Neuringer said. Another minority interested in ...
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Minority-status stresses and the college adjustment of ethnic minority freshmen.
Magazine article from: Journal of Higher Education; 7/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...year period between 1969 and 1979, minority students enrolled in predominantly White...African-American and other non-Asian minority students attending predominantly White...counterparts at predominantly Black or minority institutions |3, 6~.(*) Efforts...
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Minority recruits note lack of mentors; low pay, dearth of role models make retention tough for agencies.(Diversity)
Magazine article from: Advertising Age; 2/16/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...100 employees--are minorities. That's an increase...ago was to increase minority hires and retain them...that and to increase minorities to senior management...also take advantage of minority internship programs...retention of talented minorities remains "a challenge...
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MINORITY STUDENTS SEEK ROLE MODELS.(Local)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 5/17/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...that have large minority enrollments. Personal...especially to minorities, many of whom...competing hard for minorities, Weiser said. While minority representation...effective with minorities are minority teachers...
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MINORITY AFFAIRS MINISTER ANTULAY INAUGURATES MID TERM REVIEW CONFERENCE OF STATE CHANNELISING AGENCIES
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 12/2/2006; 700+ words
; ...concessional finance to the minorities living below double...when majority and minority grow together and minorities get their due share...section amongst the minority community for various...activities. The national minorities comprise of Muslims...
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Minorities in Water Sciences
Book article from: Water:Science and Issues
...profiles of minorities in aquatic sciences...good news for minority students who...efforts to recruit minority students. Nearly...students, whether minorities or not, become...including minorities. Prospective minority students of...
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Middleman Minorities
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...term middleman minorities , coined by Hubert...1967), refers to minority entrepreneurs who...persistence of middleman minorities as minority groups serving...Finally, the minority clientele of middleman minorities resent them for...
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minority
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...freeing of minorities. Hitler made...use of the minority issue to annex...assertion of minority rights had...results for minorities than in Yugoslavia...Davis, Minority-Dominant...Hepburn, Minorities in History...
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Minorities
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Minorities The term minority and how it is used and...Parillo 2006, p. 16): minority groups receive “...African Americans and other minorities of color; they tend...x201C; membership in the minority group has an ascribed...
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Business, Minority
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
BUSINESS, MINORITY BUSINESS, MINORITY. The term "minority business" refers to businesses owned by members of racial or ethnic minority groups. Through the middle of the twentieth century, such enterprises were typically small businesses with...
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