"Dave" wrote in message
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On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 11:05:35 -0400, "Vito" said:

What do you call it when your daughter is denied entry to a publicly
supported school.

Affirmative action.

Good answer. But I was talking about a young woman who'd been in the top 1%
of her class denied entry to a masters program because only men were able to
conduct under-water research.