Word: opinione
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...What's your opinion about toupees and wigs? Do those exacerbate the problem? Well, they can. They are good solutions for some people - women who have had chemotherapy, for example. Some women with thinning hair will put on wefts or attachments. It does make the hair look fuller, but it also pulls on the existing hair. That pulling will produce [medical problems] and make a woman balder. So while getting the cosmetic benefits of the weft or attachment, they get the negative side, which is the pulling, and then the exacerbation of hair loss...
...Participation in the public debate has become a dangerous activity. If you give your opinion, you risk being prosecuted...
...events, known to co-workers. When an employer makes a decision of such open and definitive character, an employee can immediately seek out an explanation and evaluate it for pretext. Compensation disparities, in contrast, are often hidden from sight." - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, dissenting with the majority opinion that found Ledbetter's case was invalid...
...Thibault and fellow union leaders feel so sure? Because while a majority of French public opinion had backed the wide-ranging conservative reform drive that has been Sarkozy's focus since winning the Presidency in May, 2007, there are now signs that his support is crumbling as the recession sets in. Polls on the eve of the strike showed 69% of people supported or sympathized with Thursday's action...
...stock exchange Euronext, for example, struck to denounce job cuts announced despite the company's double-digit growth in 2008. "Before, the French were deeply shocked by the situation, but didn't want to add to it," Denis Muzet, director of the Médiascopie Institute which tracks public opinion, told Le Monde. "But now there's real anger. Banks have announced positive results for 2008 after the state extended over $26 billion in aid to them - even as some bankers resist government demands for something in return by trying to hang on to their bonuses. That feeds a feeling...