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• The unusual situation in Birmingham vividly illustrates the divisive consequences of [_ARG0 *] [_rel carving] out [_ARG1 safe districts] for [_ARG3-for racial minorities] .
• No federal court has ruled that the Voting Rights Act protects a white minority , but in June the Justice Department approved [_ARG0 a districting plan] for Birmingham that *T*-1 [_rel carves] out [_ARG1 three white-majority districts and six black-majority districts] .
• Although Section 2 of the act expressly disclaims * requiring that minorities win a proportional share of elective offices , few municipal and state government plans achieve preclearance by the Justice Department or survive the scrutiny of the lower federal courts unless [_ARG0 they] [_rel carve] out [_ARG1 as many solidly minority districts as possible] .
• But that has been the key to Compaq 's success , he adds 0 *T*-1 , whereas [_ARG0 Dell] [_rel carved] out [_ARG1 its market niche] as [_ARG4-as a direct seller of low-cost but reliable computers] -- and it might be too late in the game for a shift in strategy .
• But their ideal of an Afrikaner homeland , [_ARG1 an all-white reserve] 0 *T*-3 to be [_rel carved] *-1 out of [_ARG2-of present-day South Africa] , is a mainstream desire of the right-wing , which *T*-2 embraces about one-third of the country 's five million whites .
• [_ARG0 Computer Associates] has [_rel carved] out [_ARG1 a huge business] [_ARGM-ADV *-1 selling such software for use in managing networks of International Business Machines Corp. computers] but needs *-1 to find new markets if it is to maintain its growth rate of 30 % and more each year .
• And Justin , in a news release , says , `` *-1 Once competitive , [_ARG0 Sony] now resorts to strong-arm tactics in American courtrooms *-1 to [_rel carve] out [_ARG1 *RNR*-2] and protect *RNR*-2 niche markets . ''