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Focus on Affirmative Action

By Ellis Henican and Derrick Z. Jackson

He was a C student at Phillips Andover.

He got a not-so-stellar 1206 on his SATs — 566 verbal, 640 math. That was a full 180 points below the median score for the Yale University class of 1968.

But boola-boola for him!

In the fall of 1964, George W. Bush was welcomed inside Yale's ivy-covered walls as a "legacy admittee."

And why not?

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