Word: silva
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...Elena Silva, director of research for the AAUW Educational Foundation and an author of the study, explained that the study was not trying to trivialize the issue of sexual harassment by defining it so broadly. Rather, Silva said, the authors wanted to gauge the more general atmosphere and attitudes in campus environments and the existence of widespread—but not necessarily illegal—sexual harassment as a cultural phenomenon...
...interested in the attitudes and behaviors that young adults are—very appropriately—testing on campus that they will bring with them into the workplace and the wider world,” Silva said. “We were not setting out to talk about sexual harassment and define or critique it as a legal or sexual behavior...
...with $750 million in spending. AMLO's allies are already likening him to the successful and clearly left-wing candidates in other parts of Latin America, for example, saying he will emulate Chavez's skillful management of petroleum revenues to restart the economy; imitate Brazil's President Lula da Silva in achieving consensus with Mexico's labor unions; follow the lead of Bolivia's Morales in coming to terms with the country's Indian population; and from Argentina's President Nestor Kirchner, he will learn to confront the International Monetary Fund. For their part, his rivals and their friends-including...
...Since taking office in 2003, left-wing President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva (simply "Lula" to everyone) has seen his once immense popularity evaporate. His party admitted violating campaign finance laws and the President, whose government has implemented few of the changes it promised, has looked fickle and feckless. Though he could still potentially lead his Worker's Party to victory in the polls, there is still some doubt as to whether he will run for a second four-year term. He might throw his weight behind his Minister for National Intergration, Ciro Gomes. Polls taken last month showed...
...survey like the fact that he doesn't belong to one of Peru's traditional and often notoriously corrupt political parties. Corruption is the hottest button for Latin voters, and it is biting pols to the left as well, especially Brazilian President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva, whose re-election prospects next October look dimmer with his party mired in a campaign-finance scandal. Latin American political experts say Bush should focus on rewarding clean government rather than raising the ideological temperature. His recent selection of Thomas Shannon as the new Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs...