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...questions so effectively that only two suspects were identified. To date, just one Navy official, Rear Admiral Jack Snyder, has been punished. His offense? When a female aide complained of the lewd activities, he responded, "That's what you get when you go to a hotel party with a bunch of drunk aviators...
...suspicions -- or convictions -- that all too many blacks are emotionally irresponsible at best, criminals at worst. So far, it must be said, there is not much evidence of that. With the exception of people calling in to radio talk shows -- one in New York City called the rioters a bunch of "terrorists and anarchists" who would seize on any pretext to wreak the destruction they enjoy -- most whites were fairly circumspect in voicing their opinions...
...enjoyed a 22% return on equity. In addition, Hirsch challenges the $118 million calculation: counting the stock-incentive portion of his pay ($115 million) is misleading, he claims, since the options won't be exercised until later years. He blasts the compensation consultants who estimate executive pay as "a bunch of self-appointed pseudo experts who thrive on sensationalism and pure hokum." A recent survey conducted by the National Association of Corporate Directors found that chief executives are extremely reluctant to grant outsiders any power over their pay. Although 20% said they would be willing to have shareholders approve directors...
...greatest inventions, the wedge. The precursor of the familiar wedged heel was a shoe with four corks from local wine bottles sewn together to make a heel. Later in the 1940s, he made uppers of cellophane, after noticing how strong and durable the material was when he twisted a bunch of candy wrappers at his desk...
Ultimately, that teaching is paramount. Gates tosses out the relativism that would refuse to teach anything to our children and appears willing to accept--or, more precisely, unwilling to acknowledge--that any standards will leave some people out, even if those standards are drawn up by the most diverse bunch available...