Word: fussing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...military security would not be as great, true; but it would be enough. The Palestinians, whether on their own or in some combination with Jordan, would not be completely autonomous; but they would take a giant step in the right direction. Likewise, the Arab nations would kick and fuss about a partial solution; privately they would breathe a sign of relief, and the tension level would decrease still further. The heat would be off Egypt, especially if it played an active role in the process, as it surely would...
This focus on the "broadness" of the definition has created the unfortunate misconception that all this fuss is about a few off-color jokes. It is not. The fuss is about the fact that one out of five women--by the time they graduate from Harvard--have experienced a serious of very serious incident of harassment, from someone with authority over them. This translates into a yearly rate of serious harassment cases, nearly three times as high as the which Dr. Mary Rowe, the Equal Education Opportunity Commission (EEOC) officer at MIT, estimates as the norm in similar institutions...
...hand, harassing situations can evolve from cases of genuine misunderstanding. In such cases of no ill intent it should be possible to resolve a complaint with minimal fuss, and generally without official intervention. For such cases falling into this "first tier," advice on possible solutions and support may be all this is required to arrive at a satisfactory solution. The existing "safety-net" of tutors, proctors and advisors is in many ways ideally suited, structurally, to meet this need. Clearly members of this safety net must be trained and sensitized however, so they may provide adequate support and counsel...
Analysts believe, though, that Pickens will wind up selling his stock back to Gulf at a profit, and that all the fuss will serve mainly to stir up Gulf's corporate waters...
...week, city-wide search for the statue. Finally, Cornelius Vermeule, curator of classical art at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, pieces together the available clues and concludes that the lost relic is in a seldom-trod corner in the museum's basement. The subject of the fuss, a 92-in. bronze statue titled Young Diana, is a somewhat androgynous-looking nymph. Vermeule's professional opinion: "There is indeed a strong resemblance-her profile, the contours of her face, and her eyes...