Word: adopted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...linked with the issues of sex and racial discrimination--minorities and women typically occupy jobs which many claim are underpaid in relation to similar jobs commonly held by white males. Yet while advocates of comparable worth defend the theory as a means to greater equality, legislation requiring businesses to adopt a pay scale along such lines would not only have a deleterious effect on businesses throughout the nation but would also seriously impede the workers' quest for wealth and would put yet another hole in the taxpayer's pocket...
When a grandmother was abducted from the parking lot of a shopping mall and raped, Allred sued the center for lax security. She won an $85,000 settlement; the adverse publicity forced the mall to adopt more stringent protection for shoppers. When an oil company refused to promote a woman to its marketing department because customers in South America were reluctant to deal with women, Allred sued. An appellate court ruled that a company may not discriminate because of customer preference. Badgered by Allred, a dry-cleaning chain decided to equalize the prices it charged for cleaning similar...
...other" woman, cuttingly sarcastic and yet quite vulnerable, giving almost a heterosexual mirror image of Arnold. Christopher Stryker is wonderfully vapid and shallow as Alan, the pretty model who Arnold takes up with on the rebound; Jonathan Del Arco is impressive as the gay teenager Arnold seeks to adopt. Only Tom Stechschulte, as the confused bisexual Ed, doesn't quite measure up to the caliber of the other performances...
After the bishops adopt the economic pastoral, probably next year, it will become a teaching document in schools and churches for 53 million U.S. Catholics. They will be free to argue with programs advocated by the statement, but not with its goal of fostering economic rights and human dignity. "In our view," the draft declares, "there can be no legitimate disagreement on the basic moral objective...
...Peres government clearly expects the Reagan Administration to help Israel out of its economic crisis. But at the same time, the Administration is determined to maintain a neutral role in the southern Lebanon negotiations unless, as State Department Spokesman Alan Romberg puts it, all parties to the dispute "adopt practical, problem-solving approaches." In that vein, this week's Lebanese-Israeli military talks, to be held at U.N. headquarters in the southern Lebanese town of Naqoura, must be considered a small step forward. At the meeting the Israelis are expected to reiterate their insistence on a post-withdrawal role...