Word: contacts
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While relations with one Asian nation faltered, Yeltsin was expanding ties with an old nemesis in the region -- Taiwan. In deference to Beijing, the former Soviet government had refused any contact with Taipei. But the risk of Beijing's wrath did not stop Russia and Taipei from announcing plans to establish unofficial relations, the same level of ties Taiwan maintains with many other countries. Yeltsin hopes for the result that he failed to achieve with Japan: increased investment in Russia. (See related story on page...
...Sexual misconduct may also include other serious or persistent unwanted sexual contact or conduct, such as harassment, threats, intimidation, or unwanted touching or fondling...
...most powerful teachers onecould hope to encounter. She left an enduring markon everyone she came in contact with," he said...
When she was first appointed dean in April,Nathans said the Duke model--with its emphasis onclose faculty contact--would emasculate Harvard'sproctor system. And in an interview last week, shesaid the Duke system differed significantly fromHarvard's because Duke prohibited proctors fromacademic advising and offered financial incentivesfor faculty participation...
Once such a precedent is set, women whose jobs involve contact with hazardous materials might be held back--or laid off--by their employers, who would be trying to clear themselves of liability if the woman to become pregnant and have a damaged fetus. Sound far-fetched? In fact, a major legal controversy arose last year over whether employers were being paternalistic and discriminatory by shunting women away from positions of responsibility which involve hazards to fertility...