Word: complaints
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Sharietmadari abhors violence and avoids confrontations, and he uttered only a soft-spoken complaint two weeks ago against the constitution that grants all power to Khomeini, but that was enough to inspire a threatening Khomeini mob to surround his house and kill one of his guards. So the battle began, and within a short time Khomeini's officials had been driven from Tabriz. Khomeini has been uncertain how to fight back. At first, he tried words. In a rhetorical broadside, he castigated the rebels as "mere heathens, foreign-led agents whose dossiers are in our hands." He tried...
Iran embodies both the essence of the Islamic complaint against the West and unique historical grievances of its own. By race (Aryan), language (Persian), religion (Shi'ite Muslim) and historical tradition (ancient Persia was conquered by Muslims in the 8th century), Iran is different from the rest of Middle Eastern Islam. It was never colonized, in the usual sense of the word, by the West. And yet the penetration of Western ideas was deeper in Iran than in some other parts of the Middle East and came to be seen in a considerably more sinister light...
Dean Fox says once students have a chance to talk about their experiences, "they often don't find it necessary to proceed to an official complaint." He added that simply recognizing that the problem exists is new at the University. He recalls how a generation ago it was assumed a sexual harassment victim would deal with the problem on their...
Farrar says she did not know that Walzer's responsibilities included handling sexual harassment cases. "If I had known there had been a place to go, I would have gone, "Farrar says adding she is considering filing a complaint now, if only to show the administration "this is not an isolated incident." If she had known that other women experience sexual harassment, she says she would "have felt much more comfortable about filing a complaint...
Many students naturally turn to a senior tutor for help, but women have found their tutors' reactions differ remarkably. Some senior tutors will advise their students to work it out with the professor before filing a complaint, but many women respond that they rarely feel emotionally ready to negotiate with an authority figure who clearly has the academic upper hand. Stephen R. Lundeen, senior tutor at Dunster House, points out that often advisers will argue, "Look, this is the real world. That's life, you have to learn to cope with it." Lundeen says he usually tries to stay...