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Imagine this scenario. You are an employer seeking a qualified assistant to help lighten your workload. Two people--a college graduate and a Ph.D.--apply for the job. You decide to hire the Ph.D. because he has more experience, obviously. But the college graduate, who is a Black female, sues for discrimination...
...that's not all. Kennedy's bill would subject you to compensatory and punitive damages if you failed to meet the necessity test. Pragmatism might dictate that you cut your losses and reach a settlement with the complaintant. Or worse, you might avoid the whole bloody scenario by hiring applicants in accordance with the community's racial and sex composition. Little wonder that thoughtful critics have labled the act a "litigation bonanza" and a "quota bill...
Cheney appointed Pacific Air Force General Merrill McPeak as Dugan's successor and declared the affair at an end. Perhaps. But after reading General Dugan's scenario, America's allies may remain nervous about what other unilateral military adventures rest in the Pentagon's safes...
...frightful wrong I have done you." MGM boss Louis B. Mayer tried to protect Harlow by spreading the word that Bern had been impotent and killed himself in shame. After a minimal investigation, the coroner's jury declared that Bern had committed suicide with "motive undetermined." End of scenario...
...messages or other communications can penetrate the electronic blanket. The Iraqis quickly withdraw -- or if they do not, U.S. airborne and amphibious assaults coupled with a ground attack flanking Kuwait break them up quickly (a lot of Iraqi tanks are destroyed by air raids too). In the most optimistic scenario, Saddam Hussein's generals depose him and sue for peace...