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...book's main character is Esther Jackson, an African American who is a midlevel manager at a bank in downtown Los Angeles. It's a few months after the 1992 riots, and racial tensions are high; nonetheless, Jackson starts up a friendship with a white co-worker, Mallory Post. When, as part of a diversity program, a black man is hired to be the new boss of the bank, Esther is overjoyed, and she even fantasizes about having an interoffice fling with him. But her happiness turns to dismay when he is accused of sexually harassing Mallory...
...originally wanted: unrestricted free agency? Fans would no doubt be dismayed to find their teams dispersed and reassembled every season -- though most owners would probably still tie up top players with long-term contracts. But if Miller's economic analysis is correct, the scramble to pay huge sums to midlevel players would quickly subside, and payrolls might finally level...
Also boosting the opportunity for such violence is the fact that nearly 58% of the military are married, perhaps the highest proportion in history. According to Pentagon figures, abuse is largely confined to midlevel enlisted personnel like Air Force, Army and Marine sergeants and Navy petty officers. They're old enough to be married and have children -- and the resulting debts -- but often earn less than $20,000 a year...
...most powerful -- and most feared -- person in the industry. With a personal net worth of $7 billion, he is the richest self-made billionaire in history and was, until recently, the most eligible bachelor in America (last month he became engaged to Melinda French, 28, a midlevel executive in charge of Microsoft's desktop-publishing business). Though Gates is famous for his lack of pretension, his habit of flying in coach class and his easy accessibility, he can also be brash, imperious and brutally blunt. He has been known to publicly dress down his managers, and more than once...
Some of the most troubling examples of free speech being suppressed come in the margins of the University. As a result, too often Harvard midlevel administrators are allowed free reign over employees. This year brought several examples of such suppression to light. Two are instructive. Security guards in the Harvard Police Department said their bosses retaliated against them after they spoke out about discriminatory treatment-including retaliated against them after they spoke out about discriminatory treatment--including racial harassment on the job. One such guard lost his job, even as the University was patting itself on the back for opening...