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...discriminate against anyone,” Hayes said. “We blanket it on everyone, whether it’s a turban, or a do-rag, or a baseball cap, or a birthday...
...tried to tell him I’m a Sikh, and it’s part of my religion,” Singh said. “As soon as I said this, he said ‘This is not discrimination, this is a blanket policy...
...primary focus is on, ‘are we doing the right thing of doing blanket recognition of over 300 student groups,’” Associate Dean of the College Judith H. Kidd said. “We’ll be looking at what the topics...
...this time the game he was aiming at was George W. Bush. Cannes was primed for Moore's latest movie Molotov cocktail, Fahrenheit 9/11, long before it won the coveted Palme D'Or award on Saturday evening. The film's first screening, on a Monday at 8 a.m., got blanket news coverage; a dozen or so radio and TV crews circled the U.S. critics to get their early reaction. Meanwhile, Miramax Films co-chairman Harvey Weinstein, whose Disney bosses had forbidden him to release the film, was dealmaking with a flock of U.S. distributors hoping to profit from the film...
...cost of those risks can be contained. Studies have shown, for example, that about 8% of enrollees account for 70% of the costs. These high-cost employees tend to have heart disease, diabetes or other chronic illnesses. One VitalSpring strategy involves increasing coverage for these individuals while reducing blanket coverage for lower-risk employees. If this is handled properly, a company could save 3% to 5% annually. In General Motors' case, 5% would be $225 million...