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...those companies that know how, accommodating employees with a recognized mental disability is often easy and cheap. Phil Kosak, owner and president of Carolina Fine Snacks in Greensboro, N.C., spends nothing to ease the adjustment for the three of his nine employees who suffer from various mental illnesses or learning disabilities. Kosak had noticed, for example, that one of his employees on a production line would panic if he was not reminded each morning of everything he was supposed to get done that day. So the boss posted a bulletin board with the daily production tasks and goals. "This...
...greater awareness of the law, sometimes companies are afraid to hire people with a disability. They fear that they'll be sued if that person is fired for any reason," says Patricia Veal, a human-resources placement specialist with the North Carolina division of vocational-rehabilitation services in Greensboro...
...GREENSBORO, N.C.--After mental lapses cost them dearly in their first two games, the Carolina Hurricanes stressed playing a full 60 minutes last night...
...spoils system in which every morsel of every school district's budget has a different interest group staking a claim to it. "If you don't have someone representing you, your needs get lost," says William Purkey, an education professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. "The average child slips through the cracks. There's no strong voice on their behalf...
...with that, a roomful of pols break into applause. It is a perfect Bradley moment, because his Zen-like musings on the power of no power are delivered at a proto-campaign stop in Greensboro, N.C., where 100 local activists, officials and campaign operatives have come to meet a not-quite-candidate who looks like he wants the real kind of power back. It is Jan. 21; the Lewinsky scandal has engulfed Washington this very day, and the news is racing through the crowd. "This could be good for Bradley," says an old friend of his, "but he'll wait...