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...arising from sudden emotions of shock, grief or relief. The scholars and experts search for faults, contradicting the Government and one another in hasty judgments. The Congress is 535 shattered pieces of political authority, most of whom are frightened and bewildered, reverting to the safe ground of doubt and complaint. The presidential candidates scrutinize and wait, ready to pounce. White House aides bicker among themselves, tempers superheated, judgment clouded by fatigue. Leaks and counterleaks fill the air. The choices for action in both places are not between good and bad, but between terrible and dreadful...
Nearly 25 years after Goodbye, Columbus brought him early fame and 15 years since Portnoy 's Complaint made him notorious and rich, Philip Roth continues to be misunderstood, or understood too quickly. There are causes for confusion: the contrast between the high-minded explainer of literary culture and the unbuttoned comedian who writes America's most raucously funny novels; the zigzagging from realism to fantasy, political satire to slapstick; and the dual image of the Connecticut country gentleman and the writing drudge whose spiritual home is Kafka's Prague...
...discrimination complaint was one of the most ambitious ever brought by the Federal Government Filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the ten-year-old proceeding accused giant General Motors (1982 sales: $60 billion) of failing to hire and promote enough women and minority-group members. Last week GM completed seven months of intense negotiations with the agency by promising to spend $42.5 million over five years to increase the representation of women and minorities at all levels of the company. The agreement, which the automaker consented to without admitting to any of the charges, was the largest settlement...
Testimony in Trenton, N.J., district court ended a week ago, three and one half years after Clayton originally filed his complaint. A decision is expected from the presiding district court judge in early spring. Clayton's lawyer, Nell Mullen, said this week...
...district court ruling on a sexual harassment complaint, Alexander v. Yale, established that sexual harassment may constitute sex discrimination which is prohibited under Title IX. As a result, colleges are legally obliged to prevent harassment to the best of their ability. According to Dziech and Weiner, deterrence requires a clear and forceful policy statement on sexual harassment as well as effective grievance procedures. Superficial attention to the issue will not suffice, they add. As long as harassment is "ghettoized."--confined to a small office usually staffed by men--college communities will continue to view the problem as a "women...