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...grant-receiving parties.Perhaps as a consequence of its difficulties communicating with constituents, the UC earned its fair share of negative publicity during the year. In mid-November, the UC passed a resolution in support of Harvard’s janitors, who were, at the time, in contract negotiations with the University. By taking a position on the issue, the UC overstepped its bounds, first because UC representatives are elected without regard to their positions on such political questions, and second because the UC’s proclaiming the opinion of the student body on such an important community issue...
...recalls White. Indeed, the Sociology Department was not the only one to be accused of discrimination. In the spring of 1981, Josephine P. Wright, a former assistant professor of African and African-American studies, was denied tenure and then was refused a one-year extension of her contract. Wright, who is an African-American woman, filed a grievance with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleging that her request for a contract extension was turned down on the basis of race and sex.Wright dropped her suit after she was offered a position at the W.E.B. Dubois Institute for African...
...looking for, I could react faster to current trends and demand and anticipate what would work next," says Koné. Airness has the irresistible cool derived from celebrities the French love most: football stars. How did Koné swing that when all the pros worth recruiting were already under contracts with Nike, Adidas and Puma? "I came up with the concept of the 'extra-sports' contract - getting players to wear Airness in their private life once their on-field obligations were over," he says. Koné's French-African roots were key to signing stars such as Didier Drogba...
...exactly an entertainment phone either. Verizon has yet to work out a pricing plan that allows the Q to work with its V Cast streaming videos and high-quality music downloads. Stuck in the middle, the Q is for sale at the $200 mark (provided you renew your contract, etc.), just above most V Cast phones and just below Verizon's duo of Treos. But even though it can't do everything the Treos can, it has the same high-priced service plans, starting at $80 per month for 450 anytime talk minutes plus unlimited data use. What this means...
...happening there-at the corner of 70th and Broadway. The Sherman Square condominium tower rejected the application of an unmarried couple. (No, the couple is not gay.) The co-op says it isn't a moral judgment. It feels it shouldn?t be forced into a legal contract with two people who are not even willing to be legally bound to each other. Isn't that reasonable...