Word: requesters
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...schedule is a killer. I saw her kind of roll her eyes only once,” Dominguez recalls of the time an aide presented her with another meeting request. “It was the equivalent of ‘Give me a break. I agreed to do the schedule, I’m going to do it, but don’t then ask me to do something else. I’m going to collapse the next day—I’m going to be useless...
...revisit its 2008 ruling that required the U.S. to release dozens of photos of American soldiers abusing detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan. The justices cited an October change to federal law that allows the Secretary of Defense to withhold the pictures. President Obama did not initially oppose the request by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to make the images public but reversed course after advisers convinced him the images could endanger U.S. troops by stoking anti-American sentiment. "We continue to believe that the photos should be released," ACLU legal director Steven Shapiro said. "No democracy has ever been...
...examination knows, and scientists aren't shy about attacking ideas they believe are wrong - especially in private communication. Still, Jones et al. could have been more open and accepting of their critics, and if it turns out that e-mails were deleted in response to the Freedom of Information request for data, heads should roll. (Jones maintains that no e-mails or documents were deleted...
...over whether the pro-choice lawmaker should be allowed to receive Communion. On Nov. 20, the son of the late Ted Kennedy told the Providence Journal that Tobin had ordered him not to partake of the sacrament--an accusation the bishop later denied, saying it had been merely a request. The spat is the latest between Tobin and Kennedy, who sparred in October after Kennedy criticized church leaders for supporting the veto of a health care bill unless it included restrictions on federal funding of abortion...
...authors also tell bosses "the question you mustn't ask is 'What does your religion say?'" since answers to that will likely be subject to interpretation, and in any case aren't relevant to the work setting. Instead, the study recommends managers analyze how a request will affect objective professional considerations on a series of measures: security, hygiene, performance ability, organization and business interests, as well as the risk of religious employees engaging in proselytizing (or appearing to do so) through their expression of faith. If the impact is small, then a boss should agree to the request...