Word: equal
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...major benefit to be derived from moving to an equal (or uniform) House system, on whatever basis, is the elimination of one highly obtrusive point of differentiation. Whatever the substantive merits of having four classes in the Quad Houses, it appears that these Houses will always be perceived by rising sophomores as "different" and (potentially) inferior. Upgrading of physical facilities, though recognized as necessary, will not alone solve the problem. Walking distance is not a soluble problem, though measures have been taken to mitigate it; neither, however, is it the criticial difference since, after all, Mather House is barely...
Phyllis Keller, equal employment officer for the Faculty, yesterday said she could not understand the task force's criticism since she, a woman, and Walter J. Leonard, special assistant to the president for affirmative action, a black, review all Faculty appointments...
...lower courts of appeal and the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission had already found G.E.'s plan discriminatory, for it covers illnesses related to voluntary male operations such as vasectomy and hair transplants but not those related to childbirth. It was not on the basis that pregnancy is voluntary that the Supreme Court made its ruling, but on a decision that pregnant women simply do not belong in the labor force...
...Equal rights for women in the workplace must begin with a recognition that men and women play different biological roles, and an awareness that their needs--particularly in health care--are very different. If women are to have careers, sick pay for leaves incurred during pregnancy and for complications arising in childbirth must be included in comprehensive medical plans. The Supreme Court decision must be reversed if women are to advance beyond a choice between having a family and holding down...
...student added that the committee, made up of equal numbers of tenured faculty, junior faculty, and students, was under considerable pressure from all sides but that the end result was a good indication of where the power in the university...