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...case challenging an alleged a pattern of gender bias, a former administrator at Yale Medical School is suing the university for employment discrimination based on sex and age, retaliation and intentional infliction of emotional distress...
...Experiences where students' self-esteem wasthreatened--such as doing poorly on an exam,getting bad feedback from a TF, feeling bad afteran MCAT--caused dieters to binge," Heathertonsays. "Distress interferes with people's abilityto self-regulate their behavior...
Chrysler president Bob Lutz says competition among the Big Three is no longer aimed solely at creating distress or celebrating the misfortunes of their rivals. "Many of us are at the point where we celebrate each other's successes. We were pleased to see Cadillac's Seville come out as an American luxury car that can hold its own against the best of the imports. Many of us were pleased with Saturn. I know Detroit executives were pleased when we brought out the Viper ((high-powered sports car)). It was, goddam, that's great...
...distress, Escobar was growing panicky about the safety of his family. In recent weeks, his brother-in-law had been killed by police and his children's teacher had been murdered by PEPES, a vigilante group thought to comprise former colleagues whom the drug lord had betrayed, but also to include hit men from the rival Cali drug cartel. Fearing they would be next, his wife and children fled early last week to Germany, seeking asylum; they were promptly deported back to Bogota...
...threat concerning the closure of the museum stems not from Professor Stager's actions but from the financial distress incurred by Father Carney Gavin (Curator and Executive Director) and his staff. The current staff of the museum consists largely of individuals untrained in museum studies or conservation. Furthermore, the level of pay garnered by these individuals ($375,000 divided among 6.34 employees) is vastly out of proportion to their training and the pay of similar position at other University museums, where generally such positions are filled by faculty or specialists in museum studies. It seems that many of the financial...