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Last weekend, the Crimson finally broke out from its shell. From the first face-off to the final buzzer, Harvard played with attitude, intensity and a certain amount of healthy cockiness which has been absent throughout most of its 21 games...
...discrimination. Otherwise, wrote Justice Clarence Thomas, who served at one time as head of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, employees who have suffered from discrimination will shy away from complaining to the Commission, fearing that the move could hurt their chances for future employment. The case centered on former Shell sales representative Charles Robinson, a black man who sued Shell for racial discrimination after being fired in 1991 and subsequently received a negative reference from his former employer. So Robinson sued again, claiming that company officials who gave the recommendation were influenced by his previously unsuccessful discrimination suit. Lawyers...
...discrimination. Otherwise, wrote Justice Clarence Thomas, who served at one time as head of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, employees who have suffered from discrimination will shy away from complaining to the Commission, fearing that the move could hurt their chances for future employment. The case centered on former Shell sales representative Charles Robinson, a black man who sued Shell for racial discrimination after being fired in 1991 and subsequently received a negative reference from his former employer. So Robinson sued again, claiming that company officials who gave the recommendation were influenced by his previously unsuccessful discrimination suit. Lawyers...
...name Botticelli summons up visions of Venus on the half-shell and elegantly-rendered deities of other kinds, but the view inside this exhibition is a bit disappointing. The exhibit brings together five paintings by Botticelli himself, three from his workshop and four prints derived from his designs. Sadly, the attempted contrast between Botticelli's early painting style and his style in the later years of his life is not readily apparent to the untrained...
Badu, 25, is part of a promising trend in pop music. Along with other neo-soul performers like Maxwell, Groove Theory and Me'Shell NdegeOcello, she is creating music that expands the boundaries of conventional R. and B., with lyrics that explore social issues (as Marvin Gaye's used to do), melodies that draw readily from jazz and blues, and wandering song structures that go beyond the standard verse-chorus-verse format. Hollywood has taken note. The sound track to the upcoming movie Love Jones (starring Larenz Tate) has a neo-soul theme. So far neo-soul hasn't demonstrated...