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...September l974, Vinson went to work as a teller trainee at Capital City Federal Savings & Loan Association (now called Meritor) in Washington. She says that the branch manager, Sidney Taylor, coerced her into a sexual relationship, sometimes having sex with her in the bank vault and in a basement storage area. When she pleaded with Taylor to leave her alone, Vinson says, he threatened her job and her life. She never complained to Capital City, and the bank says she rejected two opportunities to transfer to another branch. Vinson's version is that she asked for a transfer...
...bank, argued before the Supreme Court that Vinson "was not the victim of sexual harassment. The bank could not be held liable without being on some form of notice." Vinson's attorney, Patricia Barry, contended that the bank was responsible. To the skepticism of some Justices, she declared, "Sidney Taylor becomes the bank because he is the supervisor...
...star in nine movies and his real-life love for more than 20 years, until his death in 1967. The evening featured her new documentary on Tracy (which will be on PBS this week). Following the recollections of such Tracy admirers as Frank Sinatra, Robert Wagner and Sidney Poitier, the 76-year-old Hepburn grinned broadly as she read off a list of Tracy's attributes, recorded when he first entered the academy: "Proportions -- good. Physical condition -- very good. Personality -- sensitive but masculine...
...news conference and in separate interviews, freed prisoners spoke of assault and deprivation, tear gas and water-hosings. One of them, 24-year-old Sidney Molekane from Johannesburg's Black township of Soweto, said he was suspended from a broomstick with his hands and feet cuffed together and spun around...
...well as providing storage space for the University's 10.5 million-and-counting book collection, HDI is also "designed to provide the best possible environment for the secure preservation of materials," according to Sidney Verba '53, director of the University Library. The building will limit the rate of change in temperature and humidity and keep the air circulating more than in the libraries, says Robert A. Silverman, director of planning. "We've tried to take the long view on this." The facility is expected to meet the University's needs "into the next century," he says...