Word: conceptions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...however limited, the effect of official pressure on the students was akin to direct censorship. It's a concept that one would think alien at an institution that so proudly and so often trumpets the ideals of academic freedom...
...Jack Tanner in Tacoma. The latest decision may influence three pending comparable-worth cases in California and New York, involving approximately 96,000 workers. Opponents of comparable worth, which President Reagan once called "a cockamamie idea," were gleeful. "There isn't a single valid court opinion now upholding the concept," said William Bradford Reynolds, Assistant Attorney General for civil rights. For Jerry Jasinowski, executive vice president of the National Association of Manufacturers, the ruling reaffirmed economic principles: "You cannot ignore the marketplace when deciding how much to pay an employee who fills a particular...
Organized labor and women's groups see comparable worth in a different light. Eleanor Smeal, president of the National Organization for Women, said her group would "raise hell" over the decision, and lauded the concept as a tool that women can use "to break out of the ghetto of low wages." Gerald McEntee, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, a plaintiff in the Washington suit, called comparable worth "pay equity for workingwomen." McEntee said the union intends to appeal last week's decision to the Supreme Court...
...lavished on the show's fashions. On a typical episode, Crockett and Tubbs wear from five to eight different outfits--always in shades of pink, blue, green, peach, fuchsia and the show's other "approved" colors --from such chic designers as Vittorio Ricci, Gianni Versace and Hugo Boss. "The concept of the show is to be on top of all the latest fashion trends in Europe," says Costume Designer Bambi Breakstone, who has just left for a trip to Milan, Paris and London to pick outfits for the coming season...
...however limited, the effect of official pressure on the students was akin to direct censorship. It's a concept that one would think alien at an institution that so proudly and so often trumpets the ideals of academic freedom...