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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Living Wage Campaign is fighting for a reasonable hourly rate of pay, as defined by the City of Cambridge, but implicit in its message is a call to treat those who cook our meals, clean our floors and wash our dishes with respect. This respect can take many forms and is all too often absent. It's in things as simple as politely greeting the employee who swipes our cards at meals as well as in refraining from adorning the Quincy House elevator with frozen yogurt, as someone felt the need to do last week...

Author: By Elizabeth S. Zuckerman, | Title: A Matter of Respect | 5/24/1999 | See Source »

...noble ambition to "clean up the sport," and if anyone were going to be kicked out for misconduct, Gary Hall Jr. would be one of my first picks. I was not overjoyed at his suspension for failing a drug test, however, because he tested positive for a non-performance enhancing substance...

Author: By Timothy M. Martin, | Title: IOC Drug Policy Flawed | 5/24/1999 | See Source »

...TIME Washington correspondent Dick Thompson points out that it's not that Ford is so far ahead -- it's that the government is so far behind. "The administration is having an awful time getting regulations in place," he says, pointing to last week's Supreme Court strike-down of clean-air rules as a prime example. "So what they're doing is going behind the scenes and telling car companies like Ford what they're planning, and reminding them that it never hurts to be out front on this type of thing." It's obvious that Ford cherishes its reputation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You Can Have Any Color, As Long As It's Green | 5/18/1999 | See Source »

...Overlooked] The extra "clean" animals Noah brought, possibly to sacrifice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Noah's O.K., but We Need Babes | 5/17/1999 | See Source »

Critics of daytime talk shows hailed the hefty verdict as a stinging rebuke to trash television. Amedure family attorney Geoffrey Fieger, who made his name defending euthanasia doctor Jack Kevorkian, insisted that it sent a message to "renegade outlaw talk shows" to clean up their act. "If you wish to engage in these types of shows, at least be forthright," he said. "Tell the people what they're going to get involved in, tell them you're going to be talking about lurid, obscene sexual fantasies, and make sure you don't involve mentally ill people who could later strike...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Next on Jenny: Appeal | 5/17/1999 | See Source »

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