Word: messene
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Dates: during 1988-1988
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...report also charges that those in NASA's contractor network who spoke up about lax safety practices sometimes ran into a "shoot-the-messen ger syndrome" in which their complaints were ignored and they were harshly criticized. Several such whistle-blowers have told TIME that when they pointed out glaring violations of safety procedures, nothing was done to correct the problems. Instead, they contend, they were harassed, demoted or fired. Some say they were even threatened by unidentified letter writers and telephone callers...
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