Word: labors
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...popular game show Jeopardy! launched a college online tournament over Labor Day Weekend. In the game, any college student with access to the Internet can compete for over 1,500 prizes--including a 1998 Pontiac car, Sony Discmans and Gap certificates...
...company has gleefully fought attempts to rein in its labor policy. Beginning in 1991, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suggested a variety of remedies, including sensitivity training, the hiring of more men and the creation of a $22 million fund to assist "dissuaded" male job applicants. But Hooters staged protests in Washington, led by a bevy of lovely you-know-Hooters, suggesting that the EEOC get a life. The agency, citing a lack of funds, eventually dropped its case against the chain...
...legal? The critical distinction that the courts have made is the idea of "bona fide occupational qualification." For example, directors can specify women to play women's parts in plays or movies, and positions as guards in high-security prisons can preclude women. Notes Doug Huron, a leading labor lawyer in Washington: "Courts have made very few exceptions in sex-discrimination cases, but the Hooters settlement would appear...
...Babyface") Edmonds, one of the most powerful figures in the music industry--he has penned hits for Madonna, Toni Braxton and others--produced it with his wife Tracey. Fox 2000 head Laura Ziskin gave the project the green light just days after reading the screenplay. The film was a labor of love for Tracey Edmonds, who was pregnant throughout preproduction and gave birth to a son, Brandon, shortly before shooting began. Says she: "Kenny and I had the same vision and the same tastes. Most people expect that if you make a movie with your husband, it would ruin your...
...watershed," says TIME London Bureau Chief Barry Hillenbrand. "It's not just a show. Blair's put more energy into these talks than anything else in the last few months." With strong criticism from Ulster Unionists and opposition Conservatives, the 10-minute encounter also bears testament to the Labor leader's courage...