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...Enter the Belly of the Beast," reads the sign on the door to her cramped room in the bowels of Sever Hall. Vikki Merriman has spent so much time in the Beast lately that her pine-green sleeping bag has become a fixture there. While long incubation hours in Sever's basement are a typical stage in the development of a VES film project, Merriman's senior thesis, "Burial," shares little else with the rest of the pack. Merriman cites numerous VES video classes as well as a Literature class called Culture and Performance as steps leading toward her thesis...
What exactly is the law on sexual harassment, and how did it evolve into such a beast? Legally speaking, there are two kinds of sexual harassment, and Jones--to take a not so random example--charges both. The first is called "quid pro quo" harassment, and it's the easier to grasp. If your boss docks your pay or fires you or otherwise punishes you for rebuffing an advance, he's flat-out guilty. Jones, for instance, says her supervisors at the little state office where she was a clerk mistreated her after she rejected Governor Clinton's alleged advance...
...They see Saddam as brutal and menacing, but they don't think he's about to do anything terrible to them right now. They assume that if he gets nasty and tries to attack again, the U.S. will slap him down. But they are skittish about provoking a sleeping beast and fear he might retaliate. They don't trust Saddam's judgment under bombardment, assuming that he could use his terror weapons as a last resort. A Jordanian official says, "You don't poke a lion...
...down along with the value of the company's assets, which in this case are mostly bonds but sometimes include exotic derivative securities. Clearly, investors seeking to preserve capital and earn a fixed-income stream for a set period of time have no business flirting with such a beast. They should go for individual bonds. Yet bond funds are routinely marketed and accepted as apt substitutes...
...finding something to do "next year," interrupt him and ask, How was your day? Have you seen any good movies lately? Have you noticed the sunny weather? Or, if you're feeling really fearless, pick up your tray, push in your chair and refuse to dine with the beast. Prove to yourself that the only thing you have to fear is Fear himself...