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...production and needed night-shift inspectors for the glassware and other items. The states' laws prohibited women from working evenings, and in order to induce men to do so, they were paid twice as much as women day inspectors. Even after women were allowed to work nights, the custom of hiring only men persisted. Though the wage difference shrank, the night inspectors continued to get higher pay. The Supreme Court has now concluded that the situation "reflected a job market in which Corning could pay women less than men for the same work"-just what the 1963 Equal...
Jackson loves to raise hell anywhere, any time-in his own style. Leaving rubber on San Leandro's main street is part of his superstar gig, along with collecting old cars and racks of new custom-made clothes. But to Jackson, raising hell means making his presence felt in quiet ways as well as loud. He is accused of insufficient sympathy for fellow blacks; yet he unobtrusively gives away thousands of dollars every year to black, Indian and Mexican-American community groups. He sometimes likes to come on like just another impulsive free-spending jock; actually...
...result is a sort of literary custom tailoring: quality goods cut along traditional lines. It does not go in much for surprises or profundities. But it wears very well...
...acknowledged fact that Parsis are known for their hospitality and charity. "Parsi. thy name is Charity" is an oft heard truth, and it is this charitable nature that has given birth to our custom of exposing the dead bodies to vultures. A pure Parsi believes in charity and donation even after his soul leaves his body. "Let the bird feed on my flesh and my bones return to Mother Earth." That principle underlies our practice of confining our dead to the dokhmas...
...crazy-quilt value system, masculinity means that if you can hold a lot of alcohol and seemingly not show its effects, that's somehow a sign of strength." Chafetz points out that in some other countries-Italy and Israel, for example -drinking is an accepted social custom, but there is little alcoholism. Why? The reason, he thinks, is that alcohol in those countries is a companion to a happy occasion, not the occasion itself...