Word: proceeded
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Williamson said that he thinks the problems ofthe search stem from more than just bad luck. "Oneexplanation is the new cast of characters incritical positions--the president, the dean [ofFAS]," he said. "I think there was someuncertainty over how to proceed with the search...
...think we're doing fine. I think we should proceed in this spirit...
...proposal, as forwarded, represents our best judgment as to how we should proceed. We are anxious to move forward and optimistic that this will soon be possible. Michael B. McElroy Chair, University Committee on Environment
...talk these days," says Lynn Povich, editor in chief of Working Woman. "It's politically correct." When the Pentagon rebuked Navy investigators for failing to take seriously the charges of women molested during the Tailhook convention, it reinforced the notion that men who still "don't get it" proceed at their peril. "The Navy cover-up didn't work," says Professor Mary Coombs of the University of Miami School of Law. "The old idea that women who claim harassment are lying or making a mountain out of a molehill doesn't fly anymore...
...work up the courage to bring a grievance to the EEOC often meet with disappointment. Between October 1990 and September 1991, the EEOC received 6,883 complaints but filed only 66 sexual-harassment cases. Fully 60% of all EEOC complainants were advised that they had "no cause" to proceed -- more than twice the percentage of cases turned away during the Carter years -- and had to wait on average nine months to receive the discouraging news. With the EEOC budget in decline -- it has fallen 15% since 1980 -- the case load is unlikely to increase...