Word: affected
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...specific question before the Supreme Court is a technical one, but it may crucially affect the future of discrimination cases, especially those involving gender bias. In the past it has usually been up to the plaintiff to prove that an employer was guilty of discrimination. Two lower courts found that Hopkins had not proved conscious discrimination by Price Waterhouse. But they also found that the promotion system was so infected with biased notions about women that the burden of proof should be shifted to the firm to compel it to show that stereotypes played no role in the decision...
...said the advisory body had not specificallyconsidered Boone's case when it last met inOctober, but she said the committee was aware ofhow any internal promotions would affect thefuture of the department and its teaching needs...
...While they are going to be consideredseparately, our committee has been of course awareof them as they affect the total picture," shesaid. "We've been aware of the internal candidatesbut their positions are not amongst the sixpositions--they would be additional slots...
Ryan said the head of the advisory group,Rutgers Professor of English Richard Poirer, hadspoken with Kiely about the department's longrangeplans and how they affect the cases of the juniorfaculty...
...proposal to be revealed today attempts tomeet that goal and has gained the general approvalof the 13 house masters. "I think the proposalmakes a lot of sense; it has a lot offlexibility," Dowling said. However he said theproposed changes may not affect every house...