Word: sisterly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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After receiving her Pudding Pot, Sarandon said, "I think that this has exorcised every last bit of nun out of me," referring to her role as Sister Prejean in the current film "Dead Man Walking." She then returned to her seat to watch three musical numbers from this year's Hasty Pudding show "Morocco 'Round the Clock...
...sister was fired (involuntary resignation) from her job at the Internal Revenue Service while she was a recovering cancer patient and was never told that she was covered by the Americans With Disabilities Act/Rehabilitation Act. She was not given enough time or assistance to recoup from the surgery before being forced back to work. Nor did anyone in personnel inform her that she may have been eligible for temporary disability, even though she did ask however ineloquently...
Lastly, and most important, my sister has requested at least seven times a copy of her Official Personnel Folder since February of 1995 but has not received it as of yet. The Freedom of Information Act/Privacy Act may be a good idea, but without some sort of penalty incentive, it is a law without teeth. Since the agency and/or people responsible for policing this act are the same agency and/or people who would not and did not give you the requested information in the first place, you are, in essence, running in circles...
...believe my sister is now fighting against what will be done to the remaining people. She was harassed, lied to, talked about behind her back, and denied needed information. This is what the federal government has done through the Merit Systems Protection Board appeal, and if the U.S. Court of Appeals allows this as acceptable, then the federal government will proceed to reduce federal jobs unchecked...
Postscript: Many have cited Mandy Grunwald and sister Lisa Grunwald--a published novelist--as potential co-authors with both the inside knowledge and literary skill to have pulled off Primary Colors. Mandy denies it and has her own suspect: Roger Altman, the former Deputy Treasury Secretary who was an economic adviser to Clinton during the 1992 campaign. Indeed, since leaving the Administration in 1994 after a dispute over his testimony to the Senate Whitewater committee, Altman may have had the time to write a novel. His response: "It's both flattering and preposterous...