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...Court. The employer's case: While the Civil Rights Act forbade pay discrimination on the basis of race, gender or religion, the act held that employees must lodge a formal complaint within 180 days of the initial discriminatory paycheck. According to the law, Ledbetter needed to have sued within six months of her being hired-never mind that it took her nearly 20 years to learn she earned less. In the 2006 Supreme Court case Ledbetter v. Goodyear, the court agreed with the tiremaker, leaving Ledbetter with no award at all. Oh, but she did receive a $3,165 bill...
...four-run deficit in the opening inning, the Crimson’s offense was quieted by Tiger pitcher Kristen Schaus, who struck out eight Harvard batters while walking none. Both teams’ pitchers threw a complete game. In her final appearance in a Crimson uniform, Madick sat down six and gave up eight hits, four of which came in the first inning.Madick ended her fourth and final season for Harvard with eight wins, five saves, and 109 strikeouts, passing the century mark for the second straight year.PRINCETON 4, HARVARD 2In the opening game of the championship series, a short...
...ground, cutting Northeastern’s advantage to three seats at the halfway point, a member of the Harvard crew caught a crab under the Mass. Ave. Bridge and interrupted the Crimson’s push back on the Huskies. The three-seat margin jumped back up to six seats immediately...
...Hokkaido, the center of Japan's milk industry. Instead, they are confronted with an abundance of French butter, costing upwards of 2,000 yen ($20) for 200 grams. "Even if we order 100 or 200 packages of domestic butter," says Nissin's dairy buyer Katsuhiro Maruyama, "only about six or so actually get delivered - if any at all." Some stores with a limited supply have already started rationing one domestic butter product per customer, because shipments are erratic at best. Needless to say, margarine sales have gone up and stores without domestically produced butter have posted signs of apology over...
...Getting six-figure advances has definitely made life more comfortable and college tuition less stressful,” he said...