Word: depended
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...public with her story and there is no reason to silence someone because they choose to exercise there legal right to go to court. Ordering the woman and her attorney to refrain from discussing the case violates their rights and those of the press and the public, who depend on their perspectives to gain a complete understanding of the court proceedings...
Separation, Wills concludes, is less important as a shield against theocracy than as an assurance of religious freedom. "A burden was lifted from religion," he says, "when it ceased to depend on the breath of princes." From this perspective, the huffings and puffings of evangelists do not sound...
Since 1985 Harvey has enforced that philosophy with his 35-15 plan: at least 35% of all new employees hired must be women, and 15% or more must be members of a minority. Managers' pay and bonuses depend on meeting those targets. One result of such efforts: though the company had almost no female top executives 10 years ago, 17% of corporate officers today are women. Harvey has gone so far as to ban sexist comments from the workplace; persistent offenders are fired...
...friends' parents are divorced," says Georgetown's Parsons. "In most cases it happened when the mother was trying to decide whether to stay home or go to work. And the women were left so vulnerable." Careers become a form of insurance. "I don't want to depend on anybody," says Kellie Moore, 19, a U.S.C. junior who plans to get a business degree. "I have friends who have already set up their own credit structure because they watched their mothers try to set one up after a divorce...
...came in, Bhutto charged fraud. "I am angry and shocked," she said, "at the way the elections have been rigged." But those allegations have received little endorsement so far from two international poll-watching teams. Said interim Prime Minister and Islamic Democratic Alliance leader Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi: "We cannot depend on the whims and fantasies of a young lady, attractive though she may be for the media at home and abroad. The country has given its verdict...