Word: rank
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...their classes are somehow there for the taking. In another compelling formulation, the authors take account not only of the academic profession's particular setup, which is ideal for the harasser who is so frequently given sole power over, for instance, a graduate student's dissertation grade or the rank of honors she will receive--but also, of the pressures which could lead stagnating middle-aged faculty members to try to restore their self-respect with sexual power-trips. Most daring and compelling of all, the authors cite psychological theories which postulate that much of an adult's self-image...
Despite Maine's duo of top-rank hurlers, Crimson Captain Bruce Weller said yesterday it really didn't make any difference" which team won the ECAC. "The teams who get to the playoffs get there because of good pitching," he said, citing top-pitchers at Temple and Seton Hall as examples "You just can't expect to get that many runs...
Jefferson, Martin said, was greatly influenced by the "Jean-Jacques Rousseau noble savage school of etiquette" and tried to apply it to the White House protocol by stripping all foreign visitors, even noblemen, of rank. This "pell mell" effort to make all men equal only "offended everyone equally" and had to be abandoned during President Madison's term, she added...
Many experts believe that lavish raises for corporate higher-ups will hurt the U.S. economy. Big executive paychecks, they fear, could spark an upsurge in inflation because rank-and-file workers and union leaders can use them to justify higher wage demands. Moreover, higher wages would make the U.S. even less competitive with foreign producers than it is at present...
...restlessness. A major defense contractor, Drucker says, recently lost 20 prized engineers who had received only a 3% salary boost at a time when top management got a package of incentives totaling 30%. Says Drucker: "Resentment over top-management compensation is by no means confined to unions and rank-and-file employees...