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Such nightmares inspired North Dakota Republican Senator Mark Andrews to propose, and Congress to pass, a provision that contractors include written warranties on weapons systems. Argued Andrews: "If the public can expect-and get-warranties on its purchases, from TV sets to washing machines to air conditioners, why not when...
Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger contended that warranties would increase the price of military hardware. But once the law was passed, he reassured lawmakers, "We are putting it into effect." What Weinberger did not say was that the Pentagon was preparing a sneak attack. Buried in the appendix of the four...
This whole process can take many months and much physical and emotional energy. In the mean-time there is no provision to move the employee to another position, away from the person who is harassing her.
Norman Chachkin, a member of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law insisted that the agreement "should have been backed up with a provision for mandatory busing." He cited Chicago as a city where voluntary desegregation based on the creation of magnet schools "has been nothing short of a...
The proposal's specific mention of harassment on the basis of sexual preference deserves special note. In light of the Faculty refusal to approve a nondiscrimination clause on the grounds of sexual preference in 1981, the new provision is a welcome softening of their previous hardline stance on the issue...