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...State welfare officials met with Maximus, instructing them to be more sensitive. "We do not like to lead with that as a stick," says developmental-disabilities director Robert Nicholas. Maximus says all its case managers go through courtesy training, and that it is not company policy to harass aid recipients...
...unanimous decision written by one of the most conservative Justices, Antonin Scalia, the court said men who sexually harass other men (and women who harass women) are discriminating against them and thus breaking a law, the 1964 Civil Rights Act. It was only 12 years ago that the court ruled for the first time that sexual harassment--a vague term that most often includes unwelcome come-ons and touching--amounted to discrimination. That decision was seen as an advance for women suffering abuse from lecherous bosses and co-workers, and indeed nearly 9 of every 10 sexual harassment claims...
...nothing more than a political attack against the President, last month Bennett subpoenaed its financial records. He's also charging that donations to the separate Paula Jones Legal Fund are being diverted to pay for her hair care, jewelry and clothing. Institute leaders call the subpoena an attempt to harass them for defending Jones, and have asked a federal judge to quash...
...African-American student in Sprayberry High School in Marietta, Ga., was still in middle school when he got his first lesson in racism. It was then that a group of white kids, whom he describes as part of a growing "skinhead" element in his school, began to harass him. "Hey, Rodney, how does it feel to be a nigger?" they would taunt. "How does it feel to know you'll always be a nigger? Is your mother a nigger too?" After a time Gullatte punched one of the white kids in the face. That earned Gullatte an in-school suspension...
...Hall and far from the route of Jiang's motorcade. The rally preferred to retreat to the area of the Swedenborg Chapel, which faces Memorial Hall. Although the church grounds are private, non-Harvard property, Epps took the time and effort to come over during the rally and personally harass the owners. There was also a least one instance in which a protester with a valid Harvard identification was denied access to Harvard Yard by an HUPD officer, contrary to the announced rules...