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...even in Florida, whose courts are more open than most, the protocols still overwhelm people. Two weeks ago, courier Lee Johnson, 42, went to the Orange County courthouse to ask for custody of his sons. Before Judge Jeffords Miller, Johnson and his estranged wife awkwardly presented their arguments. The judge played referee, offering well-meaning platitudes such as "It takes two to make a fight...
Ultimately, Miller denied Johnson's request. While Johnson had brought his notes and past paperwork, he had not known he would need evidence, such as a third party's assessment of his sons' situation. The judge offered to order the couple into counseling--if Johnson gave him an order. "Is it one piece of paper? Who drafts it?" Johnson asked the judge, who was by then shooing the couple out. "You do," Miller said. "I'm not your secretary." After they left, the judge said, "There's only so much I can do. Eventually, I think they'll have...
...Barry Miller, who as a teacher and career counselor at Pace University in New York City studies the cost to corporate productivity of broken families, says some employers are beginning to consider "work-life balance." Translation: it has dawned on them that working you to death may hurt their profits. "It costs us 150% of an annual salary to replace an employee in terms of retraining a new person, the turbulence it causes in a unit and the impact on our client," says Denny Marcel, associate director of the burnout-prevention unit at Ernst & Young. Miller calls the accounting firm...
DIED. GORDON BENEKE, 86, sax player nicknamed "Tex" who sang Chattanooga Choo Choo with the Glenn Miller Orchestra and became bandleader after Miller's plane disappeared in World War II; in Costa Mesa, Calif...
...Crimson entered the season with the daunting task of replacing a stellar cast of senior stars. Among those lost to graduation were midfielder Emily Stauffer, forward Naomi Miller and backs Jaime Chu and Devon Bingham, all perennial All-Ivy selections...