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Word: hirings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Another friend complained about their employment practices. "They only hire tall, beautiful people to work in their store. They want people with a certain look and they encourage sales staff to flirt with people to induce them to buy." And, sure enough, overweight, or average-looking sales people were relegated to the back of the store. The good-looking ones were strategically placed in the front...

Author: By Christina S. Lewis, | Title: Abercrombie and the "American" Image | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

...center does not hire faculty, does not offer courses, does not offer degrees," Coatsworth said. "We work with faculty to make life easier and more interesting for Harvard students and faculty...

Author: By Jenny E. Heller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Brazilian Studies Chair Endowed | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

Just because prejudice is unconscious doesn't mean it's excusable. If "an unmindful reflection of self" is the problem, as Bochco implies, it wouldn't be that hard to hire more people of color to create shows...

Author: By Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan, | Title: Monochrome Must-See TV | 9/23/1999 | See Source »

...York Times, in a Sept. 20 article, quoted respected television writer-producer Steven Bochco (responsible for such integrated shows as "NYPD Blue") as saying, "It doesn't matter to me if you hire as an afterthought... It doesn't matter if you hire me for the wrong reasons. At least you've done...

Author: By Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan, | Title: Monochrome Must-See TV | 9/23/1999 | See Source »

...cause of reform, it is a poison pill. Buchanan is no reformer; he is a radical by convenience and a scavenger by nature. Why would he change the system that has paid him the salary of the limelight ? on TV and in bookstores ? as a rabble-rouser for hire? Besides, times are too good for an agrarian uprising anyway; those who are simply disenchanted with the system far outnumber those who truly despise it. Buchanan claims to want to change what government does; his call to arms is that the government does wrong. Ventura's is only that the government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Reform Party Shouldn't Confuse Reform with Radicalism | 9/21/1999 | See Source »

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