Word: quos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...good news is that sexual harassment is finally a problem with a recognizable name, the bad news is that many women are still stymied in their efforts to stop workplace offenses. Blatant quid pro quo cases, where promotions and raises are directly linked to sexual favors, are the easiest to litigate, but they are a relative rarity. As men and women both learned in the endless press coverage and office memos that followed the hearings, the most common form of harassment falls under the "hostile environment" umbrella, and may involve anything from lewd jokes to unwelcome physical contact. Many bosses...
...elected Republican since Herbert C. Hoover 60 years ago to be denied another four years. That's fitting. Bush has no new ideas and no compelling arguments. He's a man who would much rather be President than do something as President. He has fought assiduously for the status quo and has ignored people's problems. And he should be held accountable on November...
...list follows much the same tack. Some of those on it start up campus controversy; others devote their college careers to supporting the status quo and upholding Harvard's biggest student organizations...
When the committee was first created last winter, many observers thought it had only two options. Harvard could keep the status quo, in which cadets travel to MIT for ROTC. Or the University could sever all ties with the program because its ban on gays violates the University's policy of non-discrimination...
...work against AIDS is to become, to some extent, a revolutionary," Mann said. "Our goals and the concrete needs of people require change in the status quo...