Word: retiree
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The opinions, which are the final three of the Court?s 2000-2001 session, highlight razor-thin majority margins (two of the three rulings were 5-4) and reignite debate over the fate of the Court if one or more of its members should retire this year.
As the Court?s year comes to a close, speculation is mounting as to whether one or more of the Justices will retire. (Any announcement to that effect is likely to come within the next few weeks.) And so Monday?s opinions were scrutinized just a bit more than usual...
With Bush in the White House, of course, members of the Court?s conservative wing are far more likely than their more liberal counterparts to step down. Reagan appointee Sandra Day O?Connor, who's 71, reportedly wants her replacement chosen by a Republican. Chief Justice William Rehnquist, a Nixon...
Whether they're fair or not, bell curve-like rating systems--which many employees now call rank and yank--have spread in recent years to some 20% of U.S. companies, and the trend is growing. They're particularly handy during periods of economic slowdown like the present one, when employees...
The friday-night party was just picking up and, as was the custom in the Nepalese royal family, the only people in attendance were royals: no bodyguards or servants were allowed. Crown Prince Dipendra, 29, offered to pour drinks. The Queen Mother was with her friends in the sitting room...