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Employers don't like to use that awkward term fired. While many companies "restructure," National Semiconductor "reshaped" its work force. Digital was gripped by "involuntary methodologies." Bank of America "released resources." Wal-Mart executed "a normal payroll adjustment." Hmmm...
This policy is designed both to ensure that our coverage is as fair as possible and to avoid placing reporters and editors in an awkward position with regard to the other organization in question...
...previous interview with The Crimson,Rudenstine said it would be "awkward" to havestudents reviewing other students in anydisciplinary case, whether it involves a crime ornot...
...coming, we're working on it," he used to say, before returning to decrying the corruption of the status quo. His most innovative proposal -- a 13% flat tax coupled with a 13% value-added tax -- is in its way reminiscent of Reaganomics, beguiling on the surface save for the awkward problem that the numbers do not add up. Liberal critics persuasively claim that Brown's regressive plan would raise the tax burden of lower-income Americans while cutting it in half or those who earn more than...
...Democrats are in a no less awkward position. They cannot openly root against a recovery, although a sharp upturn could dash the party's election hopes. Both Bill Clinton and Jerry Brown, therefore, must concentrate on attacking Bush's economic stewardship no matter how the recovery develops. "Clinton entered this race because the country has suffered for 11 years without an economic strategy that would make us richer over the long term," % says Bruce Reed, a deputy campaign manager for the Arkansas Governor...