Word: leveller
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...comment brought me up short. It seemed too vulgar--it was broad daylight on a main thoroughfare. (Also, being at Harvard has made me rusty. Such a thing is commonplace in New York, but Harvard men are almost outrageously tame and generally keep ribaldry to a tolerable level.) I couldn't imagine who would say such a thing or who might be on the receiving end of the comment. My head turned toward the sound. A further comment greeted me as I realized he was talking to me: "I want to eat you!" the stranger enthusiastically continued. That was enough...
Almost a year ago, however, the searchcommittee concluded it could not recommend any ofthe candidates for a tenure level appointment,according to Debra Ruder, assistant director ofthe Office of News and Public Affairs...
...similar data-entry job at the same rate of pay. Jones' team has not effectively disputed this. She alleges on-the-job insults--not getting flowers on Secretary's Day, being moved to a desk closer to her boss--but the slights "don't rise to the level of an adverse action under the law," says Lynne Bernabei, a respected employment-rights litigator in Washington. "The guy may have acted boorishly, but that's not sexual harassment. The law is not there to control behavior, it's there to protect people in their jobs...
...past three years, and privately many say they are bracing for a fall. They won't necessarily be right. But the tough job scene for their ilk is evidence of their conviction. Keeping down head count in good times may be a grim new reality. But at some level it represents Wall Street's collective stab at timing the market...
...suckers on the subject. Yo-Yo Ma, for his part, is trying to liven things up. Besides his numerous collaborations, he has been commissioning new works, experimenting with electronic instruments, exploring the links between the European tradition and other world music, and involving himself in music education on every level from Sesame Street to Tanglewood. "The whole idea of what music is and what culture and education are has changed so much," says Emanuel Ax, the pianist who is a longtime friend and performance partner of Ma's. "Yo-Yo is in a way the right man at the right...