Word: brushing
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When Thomson Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. '53 linked grade inflation to the size of the College's Black student population, for example, Geary didn't brush the statement off. "Even if you don't give it any credence, you think about it more than you would have...
Their indictment includes a list of sexist statements taken from the magazine. Some of Inside Edge, to be sure, is pretty atrocious. The article "How to Tell When a Woman Wants it Bad" advises men to treat the casual brush of an arm as a sure sign of foreplay: "An accident. Yeah, right. It's never an accident." Looks like sexism ... sounds like sexism. Yet the men behind Inside Edge vehemently insist that their magazine is not misogynistic. They say it's funny...
...sisters remember the eczema. "I'd wake up in the middle of the night and hear her scratching herself with a comb or brush," says Nan. "I don't think she ever slept the night through." When Sue was 12, a malignant tumor appeared on her forehead; doctors were able to remove it, but more than 10 operations were needed to rebuild her eyebrow and part of her eyelid. "I just remember, she always had a big bandage around her head," says Mary...
This kind of political brush-off, however, does not take into account how both gay and congressional politics work. Because they are highly mobilized and tend to have more discretionary income, gays have an impact on elections that is disproportionate to their number. They raised a whopping $3.5 million for Clinton. In Massachusetts, the campaign staff of Republican Governor William Weld credited gays, who mobilized against his Democratic opponent John Silber, with helping him get elected in 1990. This power has even greater effect on the congressional level. "No member of Congress -- zero -- votes based on some abstract poll number...
...Roblan emphatically does not guarantee jobs," says Roblan's attorney Andrew Cove. Universal Placement Inc., one of the firms sued by Florida, says it provides an honest resume and referral service and claims that job-scam artists are hurting legitimate companies. "We all get painted with the same black brush as companies that run job scams," says Jack Thav, the company's executive vice president...