Word: quit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When Managing Editor Matthew Storin quit last summer after a squabble with Janeway, the editor grew even more reliant on Driscoll. Janeway tried to ingratiate himself by running minor details of the newspaper's operations past his deputy, but that only made Janeway seem indecisive. Tensions rose over Janeway's strong interest in national and foreign news and the equally strong desire of Driscoll to play up local stories. Though the Globe covered Boston as thoroughly under Janeway as it had under Winship, the perception grew in the newsroom that the paper's editor preferred reading about the French elections...
Driscoll told Publisher Taylor in January that he wanted to quit, but Taylor implored him to stay. Aware of Driscoll's unhappiness, Janeway created two new deputy managing editor spots to ease his colleague's work load. Driscoll, however, saw the move as an attempt to curtail his responsibility. Two weeks ago, Driscoll repeated to Taylor his plans to leave. The publisher, convinced that Driscoll was more indispensable to the Globe than was Janeway, spent a restless four days deciding what to do. By St. Patrick's Day, Taylor's mind was made...
...undercover policeman. President Peter Cherry then discovered that drugs were being peddled in the company's stock room. One woman employee with an unmanageably expensive habit had allegedly become a parking-lot prostitute during breaks. Within three weeks, 20 workers who were accused of taking or selling drugs quit or were fired. Says Cherry: "It was like Pandora's box was opened. We were stunned...
While helping current employees to quit taking drugs, many companies are working to make sure that they do not take on any additional drug users. More and more firms are requiring job applicants to submit to new, sophisticated laboratory tests that can detect traces of narcotics in urine samples, and before long, companies may also be testing hair...
...pain of being a pariah! French authorities last week allowed Jean- Claude ("Baby Doc") Duvalier, Haiti's ousted dictator, to quit the lakeside luxury hotel where he, his wife Michele and their entourage have holed up for a month. His destination: St. Vallier-de-Thiey, a pastoral community within minutes of the silvery beaches of the French Riviera. Baby Doc has reportedly been placed under a relaxed form of house arrest that limits his movements to the immediate area...