Word: bossing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...matter how well intentioned their bosses may be, many smokers feel persecuted by their firms' antismoking policies. "Just call me Sneaky Pete," says a salesman of novelty items who would face being fired if his smoking habit was discovered. Says he: "It's incredibly unfair. I was a smoker when they hired me, and then, out of the blue, I'm supposed to stop just because the boss says so." Some employees fear their chances for advancement may be choked off by their smoking habit, though favoritism toward nonsmokers is rarely explicit. Len Beil, director of human resources at Pacific...
...first singles Shaun Stafford defeated Kathy Vigna, 6-3, 6-3. At number two, senior Robin Boss fell 6-1, 6-1, to Jill Hetherington...
...Seminoles swept in doubles. Hetherington and Goodrich beat Boss and Bland at number...
...singles: Shaun Stafford, F. def. Kathy Vigna, H, 6-3, 6-3; 2nd singles: Jill Hetherington, F. def. Robin Boss, H, 6-1, 6-1; 3rd singles: Tammy Whittington, F. def. Kristin Bland, H, 6-0, 6-3; 4th singles: Denise Dayan, F. def. Cindy Austrian, H, 6-3, 7-5; 5th singles: Cristina Dragomirescu, H. def. Nicole Polasek, F. 6-3, 7-6; 6th singles: Cathy Goodrich, F. def. Kathy Mulvehal, H, 7-6, 1-6, 6-4; 1st doubles: Hetherington and Goodrich, F. def. Boss and Bland, 6-4, 6-1; 2nd doubles: Stafford and Polasek...
...gave Dan Wagoner little solos in Aureole to keep him interested without handing him a fat part. Wagoner, Tharp, Senta Driver and Laura Dean all left Taylor to start successful troupes of their own. He is rueful: "They look to me for direction -- want tugs from their puppeteer boss -- and then snip the strings . . . competing with the great guy who first hired them. The nerve...