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...critic caused quite a stir a few years ago by reviewing the Bill T. Jones dance production "Still/Here" by not reviewing it, saying that she would not actually watch the performance because she found the underlying conceit of the show (AIDS patients perform dances about their illness) to be callous, manipulative and morally bankrupt. While I wasn't under the impression that "Survivor I" had any of those qualities, my review without a review said that it had an even worse one: It was boring...
...field are always right," he said, to laughter and applause. Addressing the overseas audience, he added, "You're right, and those of us back here at C Street are generally wrong." He said the staff would be treated like professionals and held to high standards. If you perform, he said, "we'll get along fine. If you don't, you're going to give me push...
Kennedy's quest for employment will encompass the spectrum of issues surrounding chronically ill people in the workplace: the need for flexibility and special accommodations, the high hurdles of re-entry and the challenges that precarious health places on people with a passionate drive to perform but a body that can't always cope with the stress of job performance. According to a Johns Hopkins University study called "Partnership for Solutions: Better Lives for People with Chronic Illness," about 40% of the U.S. working-age population has some form of chronic condition, defined as any that persists for a year...
There are federal laws that can assist chronically ill individuals in the workplace: the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act and the 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act. Under the ADA, employers may make a "reasonable accommodation" to a disabled worker as long as that person can perform the essential functions of the job. The FMLA gives employees up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for personal health issues (or those of an immediate family member), with their position or the equivalent guaranteed upon return. But there are various stipulations for eligibility in both laws, and protection isn't guaranteed...
...here on earth. Does it really matter, then, if Nelson Mandela cheats on his taxes? (He doesn't, by the way.) Does it matter that Mother Teresa was nasty to her kid brother? (I'm making that one up, too.) The idea here is that if you perform great and lasting public service, perhaps it doesn't really matter what the heck you're like in private...