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...Smart, challenging, engaged, even-tempered and fair leaders raise the bar for employees a lot higher than do mean bosses. What is harder than treating people kindly? Being an evenhanded manager is not a job for wimps; the faint of heart need not apply. Mary G. Sims, UNION, NEW JERSEY...
...orderly, fair election in Nigeria would give a mighty fillip to the democratic project in Africa. The transfer of power from one elected President to another would also be a first for Nigeria. If all goes well, an important test will have been passed, an important example set. But already there is widespread fraud and violence, and if the result is contested by substantial numbers of voters, the turmoil will affect the whole continent. Nigeria is not just its most populated country, it is the big brother of West Africa...
Greek organizations have been officially barred from the Harvard campus for a century, and final clubs were disowned by the administration in 1984, after demands to go coed were rebuffed. Nonetheless, both sets of organizations have provided University Hall with their fair share of headaches. This latest report comes in response to what it calls “two near-death incidents” this past fall, one of which happened at an off-campus booze-fest hosted by a recognized student group, the other of occurred during a social club’s initiation...
...until Fox can prove that it is genuinely dedicated to providing “fair and balanced” newscasts, Democrats should not participate in any network-sponsored debates, interviews or press conferences revolving around the 2008 election. Such a protest would allow Democrats to make a targeted objection to the biased, dirty reporting that typifies Fox News without seeming desperate or aloof...
...their home advantage is that as fans, they go to the stadium and cheer and make their team play better,” Boyko said. “But if what’s actually happening is that referees are subconsciously being intimidated, that makes it less fair.” Boyko, who is also an amateur-level soccer referee, said that his study shows that “individual referees give more advantage than would be expected by chance.” He added that the effect is more pronounced with some referees than others...